Giovanni Verga

I Malavoglia is the best known novel by Giovanni Verga. It was first printed in 1881. An English edition, The House by the Medlar-Tree translated by Mary A. Craig was published in the Continental Classics series. This work belongs to the Ciclo dei vinti, together with Mastro-don Gesualdo, and La Duchessa di Leyra, …

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 …