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An Italian comedy-writer; born in Terriciuola, near Pisa, 1815; died near Pistoja, Oct. 13, 1881. After studying at Pisa, he settled as a lawyer in Florence; but in 1848 he enlisted for the war with Austria and was taken prisoner. He had already written "The Son of an Illegitimate", a novel; but he now turned his attention entirely to comedy, and rose rapidly to prominence through the inimitable drollery of his dialogue and the originality of his situations. "George's System", "Men Must Not be Trifled With", and "The Reign of Adelaide", are conspicuous among his many productions. Of a less mirthful but more satirical nature are "The Fashion and the Family", "New Life", "The False Letters", and other efforts of his maturer years.