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The wonder of discovering reading and writing from childhood, the memories of the first written pages, their smells and places, and then the great discoveries, from the canonical names of universal literature to the authors who have illuminated it, permeate these master classes given by Elena Ferrante invited by the Umberto Eco Chair of the University of Bologna. In this historical and personal journey through inspiration and her vocation as a writer, today's most enigmatic author also reveals her advice on character creation and plot. From Shakespeare to Gertrude Stein, passing through the works of Diderot, Jane Austen or Virginia Woolf, and culminating with Dante and his Beatrice, Ferrante intertwines readings and reflections with his own work and his life, about which he confesses for the first time in a new intimacy with his readers.