Sicilian Stories A Dual-Language Book

by Verga, Giovanni; Appelbaum, Stanley

• ISBN13: 9780486419459
• ISBN10: 0486419452
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780486121659
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-14
• Publisher: Dover Publications
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Summary

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 Herdsman," "Nasty Redhead," and 6 others, plus an Introduction and notes.

Author Biography

Stanley Appelbaum served for decades as Dover's Editor in Chief until his retirement in 1996. He continues to work as a selector, compiler, editor, and translator of literature in a remarkable range of languages that includes Spanish, Italian, French, German, and Russian.

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
Nedda/Nedda	3	(40)
From Vita dei campi (Rural Life)
Fantasticheria/Reverie	43	(14)
Jeli il Pastore/Jeli the Herdsman	57	(54)
Rosso Malpelo/Nasty Redhead	111	(26)
Cavalleria rusticana/Rustic Chivalry	137	(12)
La Lupa/The She-Wolf	149	(8)
L'amante di Gramigna/Gramigna's Mistress	157	(14)
From Novelle rusticane (Rustic Stories)
Malaria/Pestilential Air	171	(12)
La roba/Possessions	183	(10)
Storia dell'asino di S. Giuseppe/The History of St. Joseph's Donkey	193	(20)
Pane nero/Dark Bread	213	(46)
Liberta/Liberty	259