Little Novels of Sicily - formato ePub

Considerado como uno de los grandes autores italianos, el siciliano Verga dibuja en estas páginas un fresco insuperable de la vida en la isla a finales del siglo XIX.Sus breves historias tienen la transparencia...

Le lettere di Maria all’amica e confidente Marianna, scritte dalla sapiente penna di Giovanni Verga, capace di imprimere nelle pagine di questo romanzo tutta la forza di un amore che non può esprimersi...

Il romanzo narra la storia di una famiglia di pescatori che vive e lavora ad Aci Trezza, un piccolo paese siciliano nei pressi di Catania; i personaggi sono tutti uniti dalla stessa cultura ma divisi...

Romanzo ambientato ad Aci Trezza, un piccolo paese siciliano, che narra la storia di una famiglia di pescatori il cui equilibrio viene rotto dalla partenza del figlio maggiore 'Ntoni per la leva, che...

Storia di una capinera opera completa di Giovanni Verga in versione integrale lettura agevolata in formato ebook

«Avevo incontrato due volte quella donna - non era più bella di tutte le altre, né più elegante, ma non somigliava a nessun'altra. - Nei suoi occhi c'erano sguardi affascinanti, come il corruscare di...

La Lupa è una novella di Giovanni Verga. Il grande successo spinse Verga a ricavarne un dramma teatrale, con lo stesso titolo, che fu rappresentato per la prima volta al Teatro Gerbino di Torino il 26...

Giorgio La Ferlita, un giovane di carattere debole e volubile, conosce a Firenze, durante un ballo a Pitti, una contessa russa, Nata, e ne rimane attratto. Nata lo contraccambia e i due iniziano a frequentarsi...

Considerato dall'autore un «vero peccato di gioventù», "Le storie del castello di Trezza" rappresenta uno degli ultimi retaggi del Verga pre-verista, quel «poeta delle duchesse» come lui stesso si definì...

È la storia affascinante di un ragazzo alle prese con i primi amori e le prime delusioni; un ragazzo che diventato uomo si abbandonerà alle intemperanze e agli eccessi di numerose esperienze erotiche....

Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) on italialainen, ranskalaisesta naturalismista ja erityisesti Émile Zolan teoksista innoituksensa saaneen, verisminä tunnetun kirjallisen suuntauksen tärkein edustaja. Nyt suomennettu,...

Giovanni Verga's 'Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories' offers a vivid portrayal of Sicilian life, capturing the struggles and passions of its characters against the backdrop of the majestic Mount...

Giovanni Verga (1840-1922), é um escritor italiano. Romancista, contista e dramaturgo  é considerado pela crítica literária italiana o maior representante da narrativa verista. Os Malavoglia constitue...

I ricordi del Capitano D’Arce costituiscono il “romanzo di Ginevra”, ovvero sette racconti che tentano un’indagine dei rapporti di amicizia e di amore nell’alta società, in vista della più complessa realtà...

I racconti milanesi (1884) presentano un Verga osservatore che scandaglia i quartieri di Milano e i suoi protagonisti, proletari e piccolo-borghesi alle prese con la fatica quotidiana, gli amori sbagliati,...

Storia di una capinera narra la vicenda di una giovane donna, poco più di una ragazzina, investita da un vortice di obblighi e passioni. Gli obblighi sono quelli di una vita monacale impostale fin dalla...

TThere is something sinister about Drumdalloch Woods in the Black Isle near Inverness. It is a place of tangled growth and shadowy darkness, and it has business opportunists, biological scientists and...

Bologna, 1575.A talented seamstressA powerful merchantA fierce battle of willsElena Morandi has gained a fragile foothold in the workshop of a master tailor, despite the profession being officially barred...

When gods war...Death is everywhere, Hopelessness. Despair. Dark Days.Fate has chosen her champions, and no one will expect what two children can do against the might of the Last God.They don't know it...

Summer and Ruari were the perfect childhood sweethearts. They did everything together, from book festivals to escape rooms, coastal walks to paintballing, and their love was the stuff of fairy tales....

Ette Durand's plans for the summer of 1964 take a surprising turn when Olympic swimming hopeful Dieter Norden comes to work at her parents' inn. Dieter draws crowds to him, but his relationship with Ette...

It was Fern Honeycutt's eyes that gave her away. Not witch. All demon.Her coven saw her as an abomination, handing her over to pure evil.She escaped, but a lone female is an easy target. When breeder...

April, 1941. At the former Whitechapel Road Underground station, repurposed as an air raid shelter since the onset of the Blitz, the body of a woman has been discovered, stabbed and eviscerated. With...

'Grady's style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell's novel 1984, sometimes of the Dylan song 'Desolation Row'' Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post'Grady is a master...

Lights, camera... action?Ainsley Beckett might be television's sweetheart, star of a dozen romantic movies and known the world over for her sweet-as-pie schoolmarm on hit historical TV show As The Heart...

When a blizzard strands Colby halfway up a mountain, the timing could hardly be worse. He's supposed to spend Christmas with his family—not trapped in a cabin with his best friend, snowed in without electricity...

Truth makes traitors out of even the most dutiful.Zanteera Island has a secret: it has two prisons. Vana, the one the world knows and fears, and an unnamed compound lined with comforts. Serving her National...

We know the truths men have forgotten… ‘Visceral, twisting, propulsive – Black Wood Women begs to be devoured’ Stacey Halls 'Grim and glorious' Daily Mail 'Visceral and unswerving’...

A gripping crime thriller for fans of Lucy Foley and Cara Hunter. 'An atmospheric whodunnit you'll devour' Woman & Home 'A gripping and atmospheric...

It's not easy being the tallest woman in Ho Chi Minh City…just ask Kimmie Pham aka 'Kimmie Coconut Tree'. The staring. The not-so-clever names. The reluctance of eligible bachelors to ask her out. She...

A poignant, heart-wrenching, heart-filling celebration of, and testimony to, an Australia that has changed so much in a lifetime. Yet the raw emotions, loves, tragedies, every day-ness and splendid wonder...

Every cause has an effect. If you're walking with your eyes closed you'll eventually trip or walk into something. In life we have to live with the effects caused by our decisions or the decisions others...

Whoever wins the heart of the most eligible gentleman in London will need to be an extraordinary catch indeed. London, 1813—fae and humans alike are abuzz whenever Torquil's Tribune drops a juicy new...

Marco Serrano was raised to become the head of a crime family, but while his father prepared him to lead the Serrano family, he never knew that his son was gay. Marco has only ever entrusted two people...

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up ten fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern...

Working with high schoolers is hard, but harder still when they hide body parts under their beds. Nana's responsibility in supervising magical teens who need to hide their supernatural nature for the...

What would you do if you blinked and in that split second, the world changed?That's what happened to Jenna Robinson. The world was about to end. The bombs that exploded around Jenna ensured a global apocalypse....

Sparks fly between a half-cybernetic warrior and the no-nonsense pilot…ScytheQ, once a fierce warrior now living in a sleek half-cybernetic body, has spent years battling her own emotions. She was forced...

A LUXURY ISLAND RETREAT. A SERIAL KILLER ON THE PROWL. A RACE AGAINST DEATH. In a remote island hotel off the wild Oregon Coast, seven strangers gather for a writers' retreat. Among them is Asha Kade,...

An urban fantasy in three parts  featuring very unique triplets.The Grae Sisters is a three book collection of the following previously release titles. • Warden and the Assassin ~ I'm the sister you don't...

Jackson Kane is an unassuming figure as he pushes his mop across the scuffed floors of Eastbrook High School. A former military man, his sturdy frame and calloused hands hint at a life of discipline and...

A cozy fantasy tale of friendship, work, and going out into the world. Oh, and snow cones! When the Ice Elf Elbriarien Itamar—or just El, for short—fails to get her Mage Mark after her apprenticeship,...

A Christmas wedding at Edelweiss Inn may sound like the romantic ending of a fairy tale; but for Sandra and her lifelong friends it becomes a sequence of uncomfortable and often hilarious incidents which...

EJ inherited a royal treasure…but who will wear the crown?My specialty is guest lists and cocktails, not casting spells and hawking houseplants–but when I became heir to faery portal along with a plant...

Chris was a young man full of life, ready to seize every moment. But one fateful night at a party by the river, everything changed. When the enigmatic Angie is found dead the next morning, Chris becomes...

From Britney King, the bestselling author of HER and The Social Affair, comes a dark psychological thriller that will make you question the boundaries of trust and the depths of deception.They say love...