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Una peccatrice
Giovanni Verga è lo scrittore italiano considerato come il maggior esponente della corrente letteraria del verismo.
"Una peccatrice" narra la storia di Pietro e Narcisa. Pietro è un giovane di Catania, studente di legge e con passioni letterarie, che si innamora perdutamente di una donna incontrata durante una passeggiata ai giardini pubblici della città. La donna si chiama Narcisa Valderi ed è la moglie del conte di Prato ma sembra non accettare la corte assidua del giovane che, desideroso di riscattarsi, compone in breve tempo un dramma che lo rende subito celebre.
Grazie alla notorietà ottenuta egli conquista la donna che gli si dona completamente. Ma dopo un periodo assai breve di grande felicità ed esaltazione, Narcisa si rende conto che il giovane inizia a stancarsi del suo ossessivo e sfrenato amore.
L'opera è in gran parte autobiografica. Emerge tuttavia in essa l'esigenza della narrazione staccata e impersonale che lo scrittore stesso enuncerà in seguito come la propria linea programmatica.
Nel libro la biografia dell'autore ed una scheda sul Verismo.
Giovanni Verga was an Italian realist writer, best known for his depictions of life in Sicily, and especially for the short story "Cavalleria Rusticana" and the novel "I Malavoglia".
"Una peccatrice" (A sinner) tells the story of Pietro and Narcisa. Pietro is a young man from Catania, a law student and literary passions, who falls in love with a woman, named Narcisa Valderi, the wife of the Earl of Prato, who seems not to accept the court. Pietro, eager to redeem himself, quickly composed a drama that makes him immediately famous.
Thanks to the obtained reputation he wins and the woman gives herself completely to him. But after a very short period of great happiness and excitement, Narcisa realizes that the young man begins to tire of his obsessive and unbridled love.
The work is largely autobiographical. However, it is clear the need for detached and impersonal narrative that the writer himself will set out later as its guidelines.
In the book, a biography of the author.
"Una peccatrice" narra la storia di Pietro e Narcisa. Pietro è un giovane di Catania, studente di legge e con passioni letterarie, che si innamora perdutamente di una donna incontrata durante una passeggiata ai giardini pubblici della città. La donna si chiama Narcisa Valderi ed è la moglie del conte di Prato ma sembra non accettare la corte assidua del giovane che, desideroso di riscattarsi, compone in breve tempo un dramma che lo rende subito celebre.
Grazie alla notorietà ottenuta egli conquista la donna che gli si dona completamente. Ma dopo un periodo assai breve di grande felicità ed esaltazione, Narcisa si rende conto che il giovane inizia a stancarsi del suo ossessivo e sfrenato amore.
L'opera è in gran parte autobiografica. Emerge tuttavia in essa l'esigenza della narrazione staccata e impersonale che lo scrittore stesso enuncerà in seguito come la propria linea programmatica.
Nel libro la biografia dell'autore ed una scheda sul Verismo.
Giovanni Verga was an Italian realist writer, best known for his depictions of life in Sicily, and especially for the short story "Cavalleria Rusticana" and the novel "I Malavoglia".
"Una peccatrice" (A sinner) tells the story of Pietro and Narcisa. Pietro is a young man from Catania, a law student and literary passions, who falls in love with a woman, named Narcisa Valderi, the wife of the Earl of Prato, who seems not to accept the court. Pietro, eager to redeem himself, quickly composed a drama that makes him immediately famous.
Thanks to the obtained reputation he wins and the woman gives herself completely to him. But after a very short period of great happiness and excitement, Narcisa realizes that the young man begins to tire of his obsessive and unbridled love.
The work is largely autobiographical. However, it is clear the need for detached and impersonal narrative that the writer himself will set out later as its guidelines.
In the book, a biography of the author.
114 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1865
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Giovanni Verga
473 books200 followersGiovanni Verga was an Italian realist writer, best known for his depictions of life in Sicily, and especially for the short story Cavalleria Rusticana and the novel I Malavoglia.
The first son of Giovanni Battista Catalano Verga and Caterina Di Mauro, Verga was born into a prosperous family of Catania in Sicily. He began writing in his teens, producing the largely unpublished historical novel Amore e Patria (Love and Country); then, although nominally studying law at the University of Catania, he used money his father had given him to publish his I Carbonari della Montagna (The Carbonari of the Mountain) in 1861 and 1862. This was followed by Sulle Lagune (In the Lagoons) in 1863.
Meanwhile, Verga had been serving in the Catania National Guard (1860-64), after which he travelled to Florence several times, settling there in 1869.
He moved to Milan in 1872, where he developed his new approach, characterized by the use of dialogue to develop character, which resulted in his most significant works. In 1880 his story collection Vita dei Campi (Life in the Fields), (including Fantasticheria, La Lupa, and Pentolacchia) most of which were about rural Sicily, came out; it included the Cavalleria Rusticana, which was adapted for the theatre and later the libretto of the Mascagni opera. Verga's short story, "Malaria", was one of the first literary depictions of the disease.
He then embarked on a projected series of five novels, but only completed two, I Malavoglia and Mastro-Don Gesualdo (1889), the latter of which was the last major work of his literary career. Both are widely recognized as masterpieces.
In 1894 Verga moved back to the house he was born in. In 1920 he was elected a senator. He died of a cerebral thrombosis in 1922.
The Teatro Verga in Catania is named after him.
In the book by Silvia Iannello Le immagini e le parole dei Malavoglia (Sovera, Roma, 2008), the author selects some passages of the Giovanni Verga' novel I Malavoglia, adds original comments and Acitrezza' photographic images, and devotes a chapter to the origins, remarks and frames taken from the immortal movie La terra trema (1948) directed by Luchino Visconti.
The first son of Giovanni Battista Catalano Verga and Caterina Di Mauro, Verga was born into a prosperous family of Catania in Sicily. He began writing in his teens, producing the largely unpublished historical novel Amore e Patria (Love and Country); then, although nominally studying law at the University of Catania, he used money his father had given him to publish his I Carbonari della Montagna (The Carbonari of the Mountain) in 1861 and 1862. This was followed by Sulle Lagune (In the Lagoons) in 1863.
Meanwhile, Verga had been serving in the Catania National Guard (1860-64), after which he travelled to Florence several times, settling there in 1869.
He moved to Milan in 1872, where he developed his new approach, characterized by the use of dialogue to develop character, which resulted in his most significant works. In 1880 his story collection Vita dei Campi (Life in the Fields), (including Fantasticheria, La Lupa, and Pentolacchia) most of which were about rural Sicily, came out; it included the Cavalleria Rusticana, which was adapted for the theatre and later the libretto of the Mascagni opera. Verga's short story, "Malaria", was one of the first literary depictions of the disease.
He then embarked on a projected series of five novels, but only completed two, I Malavoglia and Mastro-Don Gesualdo (1889), the latter of which was the last major work of his literary career. Both are widely recognized as masterpieces.
In 1894 Verga moved back to the house he was born in. In 1920 he was elected a senator. He died of a cerebral thrombosis in 1922.
The Teatro Verga in Catania is named after him.
In the book by Silvia Iannello Le immagini e le parole dei Malavoglia (Sovera, Roma, 2008), the author selects some passages of the Giovanni Verga' novel I Malavoglia, adds original comments and Acitrezza' photographic images, and devotes a chapter to the origins, remarks and frames taken from the immortal movie La terra trema (1948) directed by Luchino Visconti.
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January 3, 2021
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ e mezzo
March 11, 2019
Un romanzo breve, ma intenso, che rivela appieno la natura umana; tutti i desideri, gli sforzi e le pazzie che si è disposti a fare per ottenere qualcosa che si desidera; cosa che, una volta ottenuta, perde buona parte del suo fascino.
December 10, 2024
en la noche de las librerías de 2021, me cruce un libro usado, una edición bonita, de esas de “biblioteca de la nación” viejitas, muy lindas, chiquitito. no tenía contratapa. salía 300 pesos. la tapa rezaba JUAN VERGA: Misterios del Corazón. supe instantáneamente que tenía que tenerlo.
Después de años juntando polvo en mí biblioteca, lo arranque en noviembre porque me entraba perfecto en el bolsillo de lo que quería ponerme, y no sabía que esperar, porque es un libro desconocido y que venía sin contratapa ni nada. me crucé con un libro super misógino y cuestionable, pero aparentemente es del 1866, así que me voy a ahorrar los cuetsionamientos progresistas. encima, más allá de eso, es un librazo. las descripciones son muy evocativas, y las descripciones del amor y la historia que cuentan son muy realistas. una historia que podría haber pasado en 1866, 1966 o 2066, los hombres son todos iguales digamos. lo vengo leyendo de a cachitos, en el colectivo, y llenándolo de flores de tipas y jacarandas. gran experiencia.
Después de años juntando polvo en mí biblioteca, lo arranque en noviembre porque me entraba perfecto en el bolsillo de lo que quería ponerme, y no sabía que esperar, porque es un libro desconocido y que venía sin contratapa ni nada. me crucé con un libro super misógino y cuestionable, pero aparentemente es del 1866, así que me voy a ahorrar los cuetsionamientos progresistas. encima, más allá de eso, es un librazo. las descripciones son muy evocativas, y las descripciones del amor y la historia que cuentan son muy realistas. una historia que podría haber pasado en 1866, 1966 o 2066, los hombres son todos iguales digamos. lo vengo leyendo de a cachitos, en el colectivo, y llenándolo de flores de tipas y jacarandas. gran experiencia.
March 11, 2023
non piangevo così per il personaggio di un libro da una vita
July 17, 2023
"Bisogna che io ti vegga ancora lontana da me, in mezzo alle pompe del tuo lusso, all’incanto delle tue seduzioni, per cercarti ansioso, cieco, folle."
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October 2, 2023
Romanzo breve di passione e pazzia.
April 12, 2024
an ode to toxic gender roles, give me back the time that i spent on this
January 20, 2026
Struggente e doloroso come ogni storia di Verga
October 3, 2023
'Amarti ancora!... Ma ogni giorno che passa è un affetto nuovo che si aggiunge all'immenso affetto di cui ti amo'
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