Mastro -Don Gesualdo By Giovanni Verga A Novel. Translated by D. H. Lawrence. Verga, who died in 1922, is recognised as one of the greatest of Italian writers of fiction. 'It is a fine full tale, a fine full picture of life, with a bold beauty of its own which Mr. Lawrence must have relished greatly as he translated it' Observer | Mastro-Don Gesualdo by Giovanni Verga, Paperback | Indigo Chapters