Mastro Don Gesualdo

by Giovanni Verga

Overview

On the face of things, Mastro Don Gesualdo is a success. Born a peasant but a man' with an eye for everything going', he becomes one of the richest men in Sicily, marrying an aristocrat with his daughter destined, in time, to wed a duke. But Gesualdo falls foul of the rigid class structure of mid-19th century Sicily. His title Mastro Don, 'Worker Gentleman', is ironic in itself. Peasants and gentry alike resent his extraordinary success. And when the pattern of society is threatened by revolt, Gesualdo is the rebels' first target.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781483924618
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/21/2013
Pages:	274
Sales rank:	724,118
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.58(d)
Language:	Italian

About the Author

Giovanni Carmelo Verga was an Italian realist writer, best known for his depictions of life in his native Sicily, especially the short story "Cavalleria rusticana" and the novel I Malavoglia.

novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist, was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, on September 11, 1885. Though better known as a novelist, Lawrence's first-published works (in 1909) were poems, and his work has since had a significant influence on many poets on both sides of the Atlantic.