D. H. Lawrence writes "Giovanni Verga, the Sicilian novelist and playwright, is surely the greatest writer of Italian fiction, after Manzoni". Originally published under the title "Novelle Rusticane ", this delightful collection of stories from the Sicily of the 1800's is translated and introduced by Lawrence. | Little Novels Of Sicily (novelle Rusticane) by Giovanni Verga, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters