Mastro-don Gesualdo
| Author | Giovanni Verga |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mastro-don Gesualdo |
| Translator | D. H. Lawrence |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Publication date | 1889 |
Published in English | 1928 |
Original text | Mastro-don Gesualdo at Italian Wikisource |
Mastro-don Gesualdo is an Italian novel written by Giovanni Verga, published in 1889. The first English edition, Mastro-don Gesualdo (1928), was translated by D. H. Lawrence and was published in London by Jonathan Cape.[1] Giovanni Cecchetti, in his introduction to the 1979 edition, describes it as a masterpiece.[2]
The novel is divided in four parts, each of them is made by several chapters.[3]
Mastro Don Gesualdo deals with Gesualdo Motta, a man who focus his life on his economic assets instead of personal relationships, ending up crushed by the empty life he created. Gesualdo lives in Vizzini (Sicily) during the Italian unification.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Marrone, Gaetana; Puppa, Paolo (2006). Encyclopedia of Italian literary studies. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-57958-390-3.
- ↑ Cecchetti, Giovanni (1979). Introduction. Mastro-don Gesualdo. By Verga, Giovanni. Berkeley (Cal.): University of California Press. p. x. ISBN 978-0-520-03598-0.
- ↑ Verga, Giovanni. "Mastro-don Gesualdo". Italian Wikisource.
- ↑ "Mastro-don Gesualdo | novel by Verga". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ↑ Ellis, David (1998). The Cambridge Biography of D. H. Lawrence (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge: Univ. Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-521-25421-2.
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