Sicilian Stories

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With his novels, short stories, and plays, Giovanni Verga (1840–1922) achieved renown in the Italian verismo (realist) school of writing

• Sicilian Stories available on April 29 2017 from VitalSource for itemprop="offers" target="_external" title="" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">14.95
  
• ISBN bar code 9780486121659 ξ1 registered February 26 2016
  
• Product category is Book

• Sku # 9780486121659
  

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" (Gramigna's Mistress), a fascinating psychological study. The collection also features "Reverie," "Jeli the Herdsman," "Nasty Redhead," "The She-Wolf," "Pestilential Air," "Possessions," "The History of St. Joseph's Donkey," "Dark Bread," and "Liberty."For this dual-language book, the editor has provided excellent new English translations on pages facing the original Italian text, as well as an informative Introduction and notes.

^ Sicilian Stories VitalSource. ISBN 9780486121659 (revised Apr 2017)