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The great modern novel of the comic-pathetic illusion of freedom is Confessions of Zeno .

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Italo Svevo
Age: 66 †
Born: 1861
Born: December 19
Died: 1928
Died: September 13
Businessperson
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Aron Ettore Schmitz
Ettore Schmitz
Aron Hector Schmitz
Hector Schmitz
Ettore Samigli
Comic
Illusion
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Freedom
Zeno
Great
Confessions
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Confession

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