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So I finally got round to reading the bestselling novel “My Brilliant Friend “ by Elena Ferrante. It’s got a huge cast of characters and I thought the names were interesting. It’s set in southern Italy in the 1950s and 60s, in a very working class environment, and the names reflect that.

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GIRLS

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Elena ( the narrator, sometimes called “Lenu ‘ “
Lila (nickname for Raffaella)
Carmela
Gigliola
Ada
Maria
Nunzia
Manuela
Giuseppina
Marisa
Lidia
Melina
Elisa

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BOYS
Enzo
Rino
Nino
Stefano
Alfonso
Marcello
Michele
Silvio
Antonio
Fernando
Donato
Pasquale
Giuseppe
Gianni

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"We have met the enemy and he is us" Walt Kelly

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