Author of Audiobooks - Giovanni VERGA
Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories - Giovanni VERGA
Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories - Giovanni VERGA
- Author: Giovanni VERGA
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Literary Fiction
The short stories of Giovanni Verga, one of the leading authors of Italian verismo, or realism, tell mostly of working-class characters in rural, 19th-century Sicily. One of these stories, "Rustic Chivalry," or "Cavalleria rusticana," was the basis...
The House by the Medlar Tree - Giovanni VERGA
The House by the Medlar Tree - Giovanni VERGA
- Author: Giovanni VERGA
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Travel Fiction / Family Life
In a nineteenth century Sicilian fishing village, the Malavoglia family gambles everything on being able to profit from a cargo of lupin nuts. The cargo is lost at sea and a succession of misfortunes and tragedies assails the family. A masterpiece...