Giovanni Verga

Giovanni Verga (died 1922) was born in Catania on 2 September 1840, into a family of landowners. Enrolled in law at the University of Catania, he neglected his studies for literature. He lived in Florence from 1869, then in Milan from 1872, among the writers, before returning in 1893 to Catania, where he lived apart from the literary world. Appointed senator for life in 1920, he died in Catania on 27 January 1922.

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• NovelThe House by the Medlar TreeI MalavogliaGiovanni Verga · 1881LiteraturePublic domain