Giovanni Verga Books

Giovanni Carmelo Verga, an influential Italian realist writer, is celebrated for his vivid portrayals of Sicilian life. His notable works include the iconic short story "Cavalleria rusticana" and the novel "I Malavoglia." Starting his literary journey in his teens, he published the historical novel "Amore e Patria" and later explored themes of social struggle and regional identity in "I carbonari della montagna" and "Sulle lagune." Verga's writing reflects his deep connection to Sicily and its culture, establishing him as a key figure in Italian literature.

On the face of things, Mastro Don Gesualdo is a success. Born a peasant but a man' with an eye for everything going', he becomes one of the richest men in Sicily, marrying an aristocrat with his daughter destined, in time, to wed a duke. But Gesualdo falls foul of the rigid class structure of mid-19th century Sicily. His title Mastro Don, 'Worker Gentleman', is ironic in itself. Peasants and gentry alike resent his extraordinary success. And when the pattern of society is threatened by revolt, Gesualdo is the rebels' first target.

Three generations of fishermen conduct an epic struggle against nature, fate, and society in this tale by realist writer Giovanni Verga. Written in 1881 and set in the Sicilian village of Aci Trezza during the 1860s, the novel recounts an impoverished family's attempts to pay off a crushing debt, to reclaim their lost boat and ancestral home, and to reunite their scattered clan.

Set in the rustic landscapes of Sicily, this novel offers a profound exploration of rural life, focusing on social class, poverty, and honor. It weaves a poignant family saga with tragicomic elements, showcasing the traditional values and customs of Sicilian society. Verga's vivid descriptions and rich characterizations immerse readers in the psychological struggles and aspirations of the protagonists. The story navigates complex family dynamics and societal expectations, revealing timeless insights into the human condition and the resilience of tradition amidst adversity.

The book is a facsimile reprint of an original antiquarian work, emphasizing its cultural significance. Acknowledging its age, it may contain imperfections like marks or flawed pages. The reprint aims to protect and preserve literary heritage by providing an affordable, high-quality edition that remains true to the original text.

FIRST PUBLISHED in a single volume in 1883, the stories collected in Little Novels of Sicily are drawn from the Sicily of Giovanni Verga's childhood, reported at the time to be the poorest place in Europe. Verga's style is swift, sure, and implacable; he plunges into his stories almost in midbreath, and tells them with a stark economy of words. There's something dark and tightly coiled at the heart of each story, an ironic, bitter resolution that is belied by the deceptive simplicity of Verga's prose, and Verga strikes just when the reader's not expecting it. Translator D. H. Lawrence surely found echoes of his own upbringing in Verga's sketches of Sicilian life: the class struggle between property owners and tenants, the relationship between men and the land, and the unsentimental, sometimes startlingly lyric evocation of the landscape. Just as Lawrence veers between loving and despising the industrial North and its people, so too Verga shifts between affection for and ironic detachment from the superstitious, uneducated, downtrodden working poor of Sicily. If Verga reserves pity for anyone or anything, it is the children and the animals, but he doesn't spare them. In his experience, it is the innocents who suffer first and last and always. "The Little Novels of Sicily have that sense of the wholeness of life, the spare exuberance, the endless inflections and overtones, and the magnificent and thrilling vitality of major literature."-- The New York Times "In these stories the whole Sicily of the 1860s lives before us . . . and whether his subject be the brutal bloodshed of an abortive revolution or the simple human comedy that can attend even deep mourning, Verga never loses his complete artistic mastery of his material."-- The Times Literary Supplement

Reading sample: https: //easyoriginal.com/sample/EI3.pdf Innovative Reading Method: https: //easyoriginal.com/en/reading-method/ "La Lupa" ("The She-Wolf") is a short story by Giovanni Verga from the collection "Vita dei campi" ("The Life of the Fields"). Giovanni Verga was an Italian realist writer, best known for his depictions of life in his native Sicily. Unabridged original text. Bilingual book Italian-English. Fun with reading original versions, starting as a beginner from level A2 and people re-entering the learning process. Innovative Ilya Frank's Reading Method. Learning, refreshing and perfecting foreign languages by having fun reading. Efficient and effortless expansion of vocabulary thanks to the innovative reading method. It takes no effort to read the original version and no dictionary is required to understand every word precisely. In passing, you learn vocabulary and repeat/improve grammar. Thanks to the integrated audio books, listening comprehension is also trained.

Scritto nel 1869 e pubblicato in volume nel 1871, questo primo romanzo di Verga ha goduto e continua a godere di una straordinaria fortuna. Sebbene appartenga cronologicamente al primo periodo della produzione verghiana, esso se ne distacca sensibilmente sia nella struttura sia nei contenuti. Scritto in forma epistolare, è tratto da un'esperienza autobiografica. Le lettere che la giovane Maria - costretta dal padre alla vita del convento senza vocazione - scrive all'amica Marianna durante un breve soggiorno con la famiglia in campagna, testimoniano del suo turbamento di giovane novizia che al di fuori della vita monacale riscopre nuovi orizzonti, e soprattutto l'esistenza dell'amore che, osteggiato da tutti, crescerà in lei assumendo una tensione parossistica. Considerato a suo tempo una polemica denuncia della condizione femminile, questo romanzo, adattato per il cinema da Zeffirelli, è piuttosto un grande dramma intimo, sentimentale,umano, spinto fino all'eccesso.

I grandi romanzi. I Malavoglia. Mastro Don Gesualdo. Prefazione di Riccardo Bacchelli. Testo e note a cura di Ferruccio Cecco e Carla Riccardi 16mo. pp. XLVII - 843. . Ottimo (Fine). . . .