The House by the Medlar Tree

The House by the Medlar Tree is a novel by the Italian author Giovanni Verga. Set in the late 19th century in a small Sicilian town, the story revolves around the Salina family and their struggles to maintain their social status and financial stability. The family's patriarch, Don Silvestro, is a respected and wealthy landowner who is determined to keep his family's reputation intact. However, his children and grandchildren are not as concerned with tradition and are more interested in pursuing their own desires and ambitions. The novel explores themes of family, tradition, social class, and the changing values of Italian society during the late 19th century. Through the Salina family's experiences, the reader is given a glimpse into the complexities of Italian culture and the challenges faced by those who seek to maintain their place in society. The House by the Medlar Tree is considered to be one of Verga's most important works and is a classic of Italian literature.1890. An introduction by W.D. Howells. Italian novelist, Verga abandoned the study of law for literature and wrote several novels of passion in the style of the French realists. His later works, written in a different style, are marked by simplicity and strict accuracy. They deal with the Sicilian middle class and sympathetically treat the poverty and struggles of the peasantry. Verga�������s technique gave rise to the term verismo, denoting the realistic school. He is considered one of the outstanding writers of modern Europe and has been compared with Flaubert and Zola. His novel The House by the Medlar Tree is a story of infinite beauty, tenderness and truth.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.