Andria (Machiavelli) Andria (Machiavelli) Andria is the first play written by Niccolò Machiavelli, published in the period 1517-1520. It is a translation of a play written by the Latin comedy writer Terence, who had originally taken it from the Greek dramatist Menander. It is one of the examples of Machiavelli as a comedy writer, along with "The Mandrake" and the "Clizia". The play has been considered by some scholars semi-autobiographical. The story is about an old man, Simone, who wants his son, Panfilo, to marry Filumena, the daughter of his neighbour Cremete. Panfilo has, however, a secret love affair with Glicerio, a
The New Machiavelli interesting"; another admirer, Henry James, regarded Wells's use of the first person an artistic mistake. Beatrice Webb called "The New Machiavelli" "very clever in a malicious way" but did not sue, saying that the novel "lays bare the tragedy of H.G.'s life—his aptitude for 'fine thinking' and even 'good feeling' and yet his total incapacity for decent conduct". Some libraries banned the book and the "Spectator" did not review it. Reviewers were receptive to Wells's political argument but hostile to its sexual message. The New Machiavelli The New Machiavelli is a 1911 novel by H. G. Wells that was serialised