Publisher's Synopsis
Written possibly between 1343 and 1344, has been described by the critic of "psychological novel". In prose, it is presented as a long written letter in which the protagonist, Fiammetta, relates his youthful love for Pánfilo, in the city of Naples. The relationship between them ends when Pánfilo must leave for Florence. Fiammetta, feeling abandoned by her lover, tries to commit suicide. At the end of the play the protagonist feels hopeful again when he hears that Pánfilo has returned to the city, but discovers with bitterness that it is about another person with the same name. The work is dedicated by the author "to women in love". Although this work has an important autobiographical component - the author's relationship with the enigmatic Fiammetta, which in reality developed quite differently - his treatment of the love passion owes much to literary works such as Ovid's Heroidas, the anonymous Pamphilus Of Amore, or The Amore, of Andreas Capellanus.
