Giovanni Verga Quote

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.

I Malavoglia (The House by the Medlar Tree, 1881) ch. 2, translated by Raymond Rosenthal

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...

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...

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...

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...