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- catalog abstract ""A new translation of the stories of Giovanni Verga, the greatest Italian short-story writer since Boccaccio." "Born in 1840 into a well-to-do Sicilian family, in the 1870s Verga became an active observer and habitue of Milanese salon society, but eventually found in the everyday lives of Sicilian peasants the inspiration for his finest narratives. Love, adultery and honour are recurring themes in stories set against the scorched landscapes of the slopes of Mount Etna and the Plain of Catania."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Short stories. Selections. English".
- catalog contributor b12032891.
- catalog contributor b12032892.
- catalog coverage "Italy Social life and customs Fiction.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""A new translation of the stories of Giovanni Verga, the greatest Italian short-story writer since Boccaccio." "Born in 1840 into a well-to-do Sicilian family, in the 1870s Verga became an active observer and habitue of Milanese salon society, but eventually found in the everyday lives of Sicilian peasants the inspiration for his finest narratives. Love, adultery and honour are recurring themes in stories set against the scorched landscapes of the slopes of Mount Etna and the Plain of Catania."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "From Vita dei campi -- From Novelle rusticane -- Other stories.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references: p. xxvii-xxviii.".
- catalog extent "xxix, 240 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0140447415 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Penguin classics".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng ita".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Penguin Books,".
- catalog spatial "Italy Social life and customs Fiction.".
- catalog subject "853/.8 21".
- catalog subject "PQ4734.V5 A27 1999".
- catalog subject "Short stories, Italian Translations into English.".
- catalog tableOfContents "From Vita dei campi -- From Novelle rusticane -- Other stories.".
- catalog title "Cavalleria rusticana and other stories / Giovanni Verga ; translated and with an introduction by G.H. McWilliam.".
- catalog title "Short stories. Selections. English".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "Translations. fast".
- catalog type "text".