Cavalleria Rusticana and other Stories. Translated by D. H. Lawrence.
New York: the Dial Press, 1928. Item #904
8vo. 301 pp. Original black cloth, paper label on spine; head of spine chipped at edges.; no dust jacket.
First American edition. Originally published in 1884, Verga's nine stories of village life in rural Sicily is, "in many ways the most interesting of Verga books" (Lawrence). This edition carries the longest and most detailed preface to appear in the three Verga books that he translated. Not just a synopsis of the stories, Lawrence provides a modernest critique to Verga's work and places his writing in the context of world literatures.
Price: $35.00