Mastro-don Gesualdo
 Mastro-don Gesualdo | |
| Author | Giovanni Verga |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mastro-don Gesualdo |
| Translator | |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Publication date | 1889 |
Published in English | 1893 |
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, Master Don Gesualdo (1893), was translated by and was published in London by .[1] Giovanni Cecchetti, in his introduction to the 1979 edition, describes it as a masterpiece.[2]
This work belongs to the , together with I Malavoglia, , L'Onorevole Scipioni and L'uomo di lusso, works which deal with the problem of social and economical advancement. La Duchessa de Leyra remained only a draft, while the last two novels planned for the Ciclo, L'Onorevole Scipioni and L'Uomo di Lusso, were not even started.
The novel is divided into four parts, each of which is made up of several chapters.[3]
Mastro-don Gesualdo deals with Gesualdo Motta, a man who focuses his life on his economic assets instead of personal relationships, ending up crushed by the empty life he has 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.
External links[]
- 19th-century Italian novels
- 1889 novels
- Novels set in Sicily