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The neighbours had come out like snails after a rainstorm, and all down the road you heard the continuous murmur of people talking from doorway to doorway.

Giovanni Verga

The worst thing…is to leave your own town, where even the stones know you, and it must break your heart to leave them behind on the road.

Giovanni Verga

The heart gets tired too; and it falls apart bit by bit, like an old cloth wears out in the wash.

Giovanni Verga

Giovanni Verga

Giovanni Verga

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Born: September 2, 1840

Died: January 27, 1922 (aged 81)

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

Known for:

I Malavoglia (1881)
Mastro-don Gesualdo (1889)
Rosso Malpelo
La Lupa (1896)
Vita dei campi (1881)

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