Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Human Body and Mind-Dr. Benjamin Rush

from Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories · host Giovanni Verga

The short stories of Giovanni Verga, one of the leading authors of Italian verismo, or realism, tell mostly of working-class characters in rural, 19th-century Sicily. One of these stories, "Rustic Chivalry," or "Cavalleria rusticana," was the basis for the opera of the same name by Mascagni. - Summary by Mary J

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