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by Natalia Ginzburg
About 43 pages (12,982 words)
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Act I

Teresa, a woman who is separated from her husband and living alone, has put an advertisement in the newspaper to rent a room in her house. Elena, a college student, comes to look at the room. Elena has been living in her aunt and uncle's house while going to college, but their children are too noisy and she can't study, which is why she wants to move. Elena is from the country and doesn't have much money, so she is willing to do light housework in exchange for the room.

Teresa soon begins talking incessantly about herself, explaining every detail of her marriage, while Elena listens politely, insisting that she is interested. Teresa explains that she had in fact put three different advertisements in the paper: one to rent out the room, one.....

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