[1] The characters in these stories tend to be the unemployed, ex-convicts, waiters, drivers, con artists, thieves and petty criminals, the average man (or woman) and the lower classes aspiring to climb out of poverty.

Unfortunately, this collection of translated stories is no longer in print but can be found in dozens of libraries worldwide or on the used book market.

Roman Tales is still in print in Italian and are available from Bompiani as part of the mult-volume set, Opere (ISBN 8845244148), published in 2000.

Ten of the Roman Tales were converted into radio broadcasts by RAI television in 1959 (see link below to Romolo e Remo).

Moravia's stories were used again in 1955 under director Gianni Franciolini starring Totò, Vittorio De Sica, and Giovanna Ralli, entitled Roman Tales.