Giovanni Verga
Giovanni Carmelo Verga di Fontanabianca
modern europe
realism
Giovanni Carmelo Verga di Fontanabianca was an Italian realist (verista) writer. His novels I Malavoglia (1881) and Mastro-don Gesualdo (1889) are widely recognized as masterpieces. Verga has been called the greatest Italian novelist after Manzoni. D. H. Lawrence translated several of his works into English.Wikipedia →
Works
Storia di una capinera
Sparrow
Italian · 1871Novel
1 translation
Vita dei campi
Life in the Country
Italian · 1880Short Story Collection / Tales
2 translations
I Malavoglia
The House by the Medlar-Tree
Italian · 1881Novel
1 translation
Novelle Rusticane
Little Novels of Sicily
Italian · 1883Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
Mastro-don Gesualdo
Mastro-don Gesualdo
Italian · 1889Novel
1 translation