Elio Providenti continues his archeological approach to the life and work of Luigi Pirandello, this time sifting through the author's personal relations. Pirandello's correspondence reveals aspects of his bittersweet relationship with Jenny Schulz Lander, significant aspects of his philosophical views, as well as personal episodes such as his residence in the Papal Palace during the Roman republic of 1849. An appendix includes a selection of the numerous documents studied by Providenti. Italian text.