The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native, Sicily. In an original and dynamic prose style, he portrays such eternal human themes as love, honour and adultery with rich and colourful language.
The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native, Sicily. In an origi...
With his novels, short stories, and plays, Giovanni Verga (1840 1922) achieved renown in the Italian verismo (realist) school of writing. This outstanding selection of 12 short stories most from the Sicilian writer's Vita dei campi (Rural Life) and Novelle rusticane (Rustic Stories) attests to his storytelling skills. Selections include "Nedda," a short story that initiated Verga's naturalistic depictions of Sicilian peasant life; the much-celebrated "Cavalleria Rusticana" (Rustic Chivalry), a tale of flirtation, jealousy, and a deadly duel; and "L'amante di Gramigna"...
With his novels, short stories, and plays, Giovanni Verga (1840 1922) achieved renown in the Italian verismo (realist) school of writing. This outstan...
Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) is the most important of the Italian Realist School of novelists. This new edition of The House by the Medlar Tree (I Malavoglia) makes the complete English version of his masterpiece available once more. The story of the Malavoglia, a family of poor Sicilian fisherman, is Verga's moving rendering of the theme of mankind's struggle for self-betterment, the dignity of the struggle in the face of poverty and hardship, and the tragedy that the struggle inevitably incurs. D. H. Lawrence described Vega's work as "Homeric." Rayond Rosenthal's translation of...
Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) is the most important of the Italian Realist School of novelists. This new edition of The House by the Medlar Tree (I Ma...
Mastro -Don Gesualdo By Giovanni Verga A Novel. Translated by D.H. Lawrence. Verga, who died in 1922, is recognised as one of the greatest of Italian writers of fiction. 'It is a fine full tale, a fine full picture of life, with a bold beauty of its own which Mr. Lawrence must have relished greatly as he translated it' Observer
Mastro -Don Gesualdo By Giovanni Verga A Novel. Translated by D.H. Lawrence. Verga, who died in 1922, is recognised as one of the greatest of Italian ...
"Mothers like me? We should be burned alive. We should be fed to the pigs, mothers like me." A mother fumes about her daughter's love affair as they hurtle towards tragedy in Verga's passionate Italian drama, first performed in 1894. David Lan's acclaimed new version premiered at the RSC in June 2000.
David Lan's new version of Verga's classic play
"Mothers like me? We should be burned alive. We should be fed to the pigs, mothers like me." ...
D. H. Lawrence writes -Giovanni Verga, the Sicilian novelist and playwright, is surely the greatest writer of Italian fiction, after Manzoni-. Originally published under the title -Novelle Rusticane -, this delightful collection of stories from the Sicily of the 1800's is translated and introduced by Lawrence.
D. H. Lawrence writes -Giovanni Verga, the Sicilian novelist and playwright, is surely the greatest writer of Italian fiction, after Manzoni-. Origina...
Giovanni Verga was an Italian realist writer, best known for his depictions of life in Sicily, and especially for the "Little Novels of Sicily (Novelle Rusticane)"
Giovanni Verga was an Italian realist writer, best known for his depictions of life in Sicily, and especially for the "Little Novels of Sicily (Novell...
Cavalleria Rusticana Cavalleria rusticana e una novella appartenente alla prima raccolta di novelle di Giovanni Verga intitolata Vita dei campi, pubblicata da Treves a Milano nel 1880. E una storia d'amore e di gelosie, ambientata in un paese siciliano, Vizzini, nel secondo Ottocento. La novella racconta la storia di Turiddu Macca, figlio di Nunzia, un bel giovane di famiglia povera appena tornato al paese natio dopo aver svolto il servizio militare. Turiddu si pavoneggia ogni domenica sfoggiando la divisa da bersagliere, ed in particolare il cappello della sua divisa diviene suo indumento...
Cavalleria Rusticana Cavalleria rusticana e una novella appartenente alla prima raccolta di novelle di Giovanni Verga intitolata Vita dei campi, pubbl...
Eros Eros e un romanzo in cinquanta capitoli di Giovanni Verga pubblicato a Milano nel 1875 dall'editore Brigola. Il marchese Alberto Alberti, che dopo la morte dei genitori era stato affidato allo zio materno, termina ventenne il collegio Cicognini e va ad abitare, per un certo periodo, presso lo zio Bartolomeo Forlani a Belmonte in provincia di Pistoia. Con lo zio abita la figlia, Adele, una fanciulla dal carattere timido e molto dolce ed e ospite anche la bella e fatua contessina Velleda Manfredini. Alberto, che fin da quando era bambino era innamorato di Adele, non si accorge delle...
Eros Eros e un romanzo in cinquanta capitoli di Giovanni Verga pubblicato a Milano nel 1875 dall'editore Brigola. Il marchese Alberto Alberti, che dop...
Eva Eva e un romanzo di Giovanni Verga scritto e pubblicato nel 1873 a Milano dall'editore Treves. Avevo incontrato due volte quella donna - non era piu bella di tutte le altre, ne piu elegante, ma non somigliava a nessun'altra. - Nei suoi occhi c'erano sguardi affascinanti, come il corruscare di un'esistenza procellosa che era pieno di attrattive. - Giovanni Verga, Eva Quello che rappresenta la novita del romanzo, apparso a Milano nel 1873, e il personaggio femminile che il Verga, come scrive Giovanni Croci, "disegna, mostrandosi gia scrittore avveduto, con una scioltezza di tratto, con una...
Eva Eva e un romanzo di Giovanni Verga scritto e pubblicato nel 1873 a Milano dall'editore Treves. Avevo incontrato due volte quella donna - non era p...