Designed for the language student as well as the lover of fine literature, this convenient dual-language book features eleven great short stories — each one appearing in the original Italian, with vivid and accurate English translations on facing pages._x000D_
Robert A. Hall, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Italian, Cornell University, has compiled a stimulating and representative collection ranging from a 14th-century selection from Boccaccio’s The Decameron to Alberto Moravia’s “Competition,” a 20th-century view of lower-and middle-class Italian life. Among the other works are Machiavelli’s “Belfagor; Story of the Devil Who Took a Wife,” Matteo Bandello’s reflections of 16th-century morals in “Madonna Zilia,” Giovanni Verga’s objective portrayal of lower-class Sicilian life in “Rosso Malpelo,” Gabriele d’Annunzio’s revelations of a depraved peasantry in “The Idolaters,” Luigi Pirandello’s fascinating study of hypocritical social attitudes in “The Tight Frock Coat,” as well as equally significant
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