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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Dover Pubns
Publication date
May 20, 2015
Pages
267
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780486794044
ISBN-10
0486794040
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.72 lbs.
Original list price
$9.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Three generations of fishermen conduct an epic struggle against nature, fate, and society in this moving tale by acclaimed realist writer Giovanni Verga. Written in 1881 and set in the Sicilian village of Aci Trezza during the 1860s, the novel recounts an impoverished family's attempts to pay off a crushing debt, to reclaim their lost boat and ancestral home, and to reunite their scattered clan.
This groundbreaking work of fiction offers a revealing look at the social and political climate in post-revolutionary Italy. Verga combines lyrical prose and inspiring social commentary to chronicle the poverty suffered by provincial Sicilian communities after Garibaldi's conquest. Rich in character and starkly honest, The House by the Medlar Tree offers a life-affirming story of misfortunes endured with humor and courage.
This groundbreaking work of fiction offers a revealing look at the social and political climate in post-revolutionary Italy. Verga combines lyrical prose and inspiring social commentary to chronicle the poverty suffered by provincial Sicilian communities after Garibaldi's conquest. Rich in character and starkly honest, The House by the Medlar Tree offers a life-affirming story of misfortunes endured with humor and courage.
Editions
Hardcover
With Mary A. Craig (other contributor) |
from Kessinger Pub Co (April 30, 2005)
9781432610340 | details & prices | 312 pages | List price $43.95
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
from Univ of California Pr (March 1, 1984)
9780520048461 | details & prices | 6.00 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $85.00
About: Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) is the most important of the Italian Realist School of novelists.
About: Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) is the most important of the Italian Realist School of novelists.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Dover Pubns (May 20, 2015)
9780486794044 | details & prices | 267 pages | 5.50 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.72 lbs | List price $9.95
About: Three generations of fishermen conduct an epic struggle against nature, fate, and society in this moving tale by acclaimed realist writer Giovanni Verga.
About: Three generations of fishermen conduct an epic struggle against nature, fate, and society in this moving tale by acclaimed realist writer Giovanni Verga.
With William Dean Howells, Mary A. Craig |
from Createspace Independent Pub (July 16, 2014); titled "The House by the Medlar-tree"
9781500546069 | details & prices | 208 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.47 in. | List price $9.99
About: An excerpt of a review from The Critic: An Illustrated Monthly Review of Literature, Art and Life, Volume 20 [1892]: Italy's Greatest Living Novelist.
About: An excerpt of a review from The Critic: An Illustrated Monthly Review of Literature, Art and Life, Volume 20 [1892]: Italy's Greatest Living Novelist.
With Mary A. Craig (other contributor) |
from Kessinger Pub Co (April 30, 2005)
9781417931118 | details & prices | 312 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.04 lbs | List price $28.95
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
With Giovanni Cecchetti (other contributor), Raymond Rosenthal (other contributor) |
from Univ of California Pr (March 1, 1984)
9780520048508 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $31.95
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