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1	The house by the medlar tree more books like this by Giovanni Verga add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.57! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The she-wolf, and other stories more books like this by Giovanni Verga add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
3	Mastro-don Gesualdo more books like this by Giovanni Verga add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Little novels of Sicily more books like this by Giovanni Verga add to wishlist First published in 1883, this book by Verga poignantly re-creates the beautiful simplicity of Sicilian village life, painting the grim lives of fishermen and farmers with comic elements and evoking mystical pleasures of the landscape in which he was born. see all copies from $5.86! new only from $9.26! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories more books like this by Giovanni Verga, G H McWilliam (Introduction by) add to wishlist 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 inspiration for Mascagni's opera, "Cavalleria Rusticana" depicts ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Plays of the Italian Theatre: Verga, Morselli, Lopez, Pirandello more books like this by Isaac Goldberg (Translator), Giovanni Verga add to wishlist see all copies from $5.08! new only from $23.75!
7	Life in the Country by Giovanni Verga add to wishlist A licentious woman coerces her son-in-law into agreeing to an illicit affair; a young boy, forced to work down a mine to make his living, is robbed of his childhood and ultimately his life; a returning soldier toys with the affections of local girls, and unleashes a sea of passion and vengeance from within the village folk - read together, these ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $7.89!
8	I Malavoglia: The House by the Medlar Tree more books like this by Giovanni Verga, Eric Lane (Editor), Judith Landry (Translator) add to wishlist I Malavoglia is one of the great landmarks of Italian Literature. It is so rich in character, emotion and texture that it lives forever in the imagination of all who read it. What Verga called in his preface a 'sincere and dispassionate study of society' is an epic struggle against poverty and the elements by the fishermen of Aci Trezza, told in ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $12.30! \| SVS
9	La Lupa: The She Wolf more books like this by Giovanni Verga add to wishlist 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." 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. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.53! \| SVS
10	Short Sicilian Novels more books like this by Giovanni Verga, D H Lawrence (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| first editions
11	Tutte le novelle by Giovanni Verga, Carla Riccardi add to wishlist see all copies from $4.50! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
12	Sparrow: The Story of a Songbird more books like this by Giovanni Verga, Christine Donougher (Translator) add to wishlist Verga's fourth novel, first published in 1871, is the tragic story of a love that developed between a young nun and a Sicilian man during a cholera epidemic, when their town had to be briefly evacuated. Verga's novel, in addition to paying tribute to the purity of young love, was intended as an indictment of the convents of Sicily, where families ... see all copies from $1.99!
13	Sicilian Stories: A Dual-Language Book more books like this by Giovanni Verga, Stanley Appelbaum (Editor) add to wishlist This outstanding selection of 12 short stories from the Italian verismo (realist) school features tales from the author's "Vita dei campi" ("Rural Life") and "Novelle rusticane" ("Rustic Stories"). Selections include the celebrated "Cavalleria Rusticana" (Rustic Chivalry), "Nedda," "L'amante di Gramigna" (Gramigna's Mistress), "Reverie," "Jeli the ... see all copies from $8.33! new only from $8.33! \| SVS
14	I Malovoglia more books like this by Giovanni Verga, M. D. Woolf (Editor) add to wishlist "I Malavoglia," published in 1881, represents a pinnacle of realist style depicting a story of Sicilian fisherman and adopting Sicilian syntax, cadences, peasant speech, and folk narrative in a surprisingly modern example of polyphony. Verga would wait in vain for critical praise from the provincially prejudiced intellectuals of Northern Italy, ... see all copies from $17.94!
15	A Mortal Sin by Giovanni Verga add to wishlist see all copies from $2.38! new only from $22.10!
16	I Malavoglia more books like this by Giovanni Verga add to wishlist "I Malavoglia," published in 1881, represents a pinnacle of realist style depicting a story of Sicilian fisherman and adopting Sicilian syntax, cadences, peasant speech, and folk narrative in a surprisingly modern example of polyphony. Verga would wait in vain for critical praise from the provincially prejudiced intellectuals of Northern Italy, ... see all copies from $3.64!
17	Sparrow more books like this by Giovanni Verga, Lucy Gordan (Translator), Frances Frenaye (Translator) add to wishlist Verga's fourth novel, first published in 1871, is the tragic story of a love that developed between a young nun and a Sicilian man during a cholera epidemic, when their town had to be briefly evacuated. Verga's novel, in addition to paying tribute to the purity of young love, was intended as an indictment of the convents of Sicily, where families ... see all copies from $10.99! new only from $10.99! \| SVS
18	Novelle by Giovanni Verga add to wishlist see all copies from $4.61!
19	Il marito di Elena by Giovanni Verga add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
20	Malavoglia by Giovanni Verga add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! SVS
21	Cavalleria Rusticana, and Other Stories more books like this by D. H. Lawrence (Translator), Giovanni Verga add to wishlist see all copies from $24.94!
22	The House by the Medlar Tree more books like this by Eric Mosbacher (Translator), Giovanni Verga add to wishlist see all copies from $13.88!
23	Cavalleria rusticana by Giovanni Verga add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.95! \| first editions
24	Sparrow, Temptation and Cavalleria Rusticana: Sicilian Novelle more books like this by Giovanni Verga, D. H. Lawrence (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $5.25!
25	Mastro-Don Gesualdo more books like this by D. H. Lawrence (Translator), Giovanni Verga add to wishlist An 1889 novel of Sicilian life, a peasant named Gesualdo Motta works hard, saves his money, and makes clever business deals that enable him to buy land. He becomes wealthy and powerful, but because of his low birth he is unable to enter the social class he aspires to. When he finally marries into the aristocratic but corrupt family of the Traos, ... see all copies from $15.99!

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