Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Italo Svevo
Born: December 19, 1861
Died: September 13, 1928 (aged 66)
Bio: Aron Ettore Schmitz, better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo, was an Italian writer and businessman, known as a novelist, playwright, and short story writer.
Known for:
- Zeno's Conscience (1923)
- Senilità (1898)
- Una Vita (1893)
- As a Man Grows Older
- The nice old man and the pretty girl