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Visit us at to read the full video transcript and our study guide for this classic novel, which includes a full list of characters, themes, and much more. Watch our illustrated video of the characters from the extraordinary first novel from the Neapolitan quartet series, My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante. Explore visually the intense friendship between two friends in post-war Naples, Italy. Journey with them through the ups and downs of their caring and often contentious relationship, as they experience first loves and major disappointments in this illustrated video adapted from the novel, My Brilliant Friend. My Brilliant Friend takes place in Naples, Italy, in the 1950’s and is the first of a series of four novels called The Neopolitan Quartet, written by the Italian author, Elena Ferrante. All four tell the story of a long and complicated friendship between two women. The novel can be classified as both a b
