Life in the Country

by Verga, Giovanni; Bailey, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781843910428
• ISBN10: 184391042X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Hesperus Press

Summary

In this richly colorful collection of stories, a masterwork of Naturalistic writing, Giovanni Verga attempts to capture the very essence of Sicilian life. A licentious woman coerces her son-in-law into agreeing to an illicit affair; a young boy, forced to work down in a mine to make a 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 the village folkread together, these stories form a remarkable chronicle of Sicilian country life in all its harsh reality. Giovanni Verga is Italy's foremost Naturalist writer; he is best remembered forThe House by the Medlar Tree,his saga of a family of Sicilian fishermen.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. xi
Life in the Country	p. 1
A Reverie	p. 3
Jeli the Herdboy	p. 12
Nasty Foxfur	p. 50
Rustic Honour	p. 68
She-Wolf	p. 75
Bindweed's Lover	p. 81
The War of the Saints	p. 90
Crackpot	p. 101
Notes	p. 107
Biographical note	p. 109
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