Matilde Serao

Il romanzo La virt di Checchina, capolavoro della Serao, dopo essere apparso a puntate sulla Domenica Letteraria, venne pubblicato a Catania nel 1884. Ne protagonista la giovane e piacente Checchina, sposata ad un medico avaro ed insensibile che non la comprende. Ormai rassegnata ad una vita grigia e monotona, Checchina riscopre la gioia grazie alle attenzioni di un marchese, invitato a cena nella loro casa dallo stesso marito.

Fantasy - A Novel is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

"La bellerina" un libro che la danza una passione e una professione anche per i prolifici. Ma l'amore finisce in tragedia.

In this romance, Donna Maria, who has left her husband for her lover, returns home after three years' absence. Her husband, realizing that the fault was his in part, desires her return, and offers her his pardon. The great passion of her life, "beyond all laws and duties," is over, and she wishes only to atone to her husband for his suffering by devoting herself to his happiness. She advises her lover, Count Marco, to marry the betrothed he had deserted for her sake. The second part of the book is the story of their failure to escape from the past. Count Marco fails to make his young bride happy, because she is jealous of his past, and refuses to be content with the fond affection he offers her. Donna Maria's husband, also, is unwilling to accept less than his wife has given to another. His love is jealousy and suspicion, and the pardon becomes a tragic farce of daily accusation and condemnation. He wishes Donna Maria had never returned. Traveling alone in Switzerland, Donna Maria meets Count Marco, whose wife's coldness has driven him from her. They have learned that they can never bring happiness to the two they have wronged, who desire the impossible. United by the memory of their dead love, they are still dear to each other, and decide it is their destiny to spend the rest of their lives together since their only happiness is the remembrance of the happiness they have lost.

Farewell love - A Novel is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Literature, however, was the profession she designed to excel in, and she showed herself a realist at once. Her earliest story, if I do not mistake, was that minute picture of the vicissitudes of a post-othee which is named T elegraplzi ale/lo Stato (state She worked with extreme energy, she taught herself shorthand, and in 1878 she quitted the post-office to become a reporter and a journalist. To give herself full scope in this new employment, she, as I have been assured, cut short her curly crop of hair, and adopted on occasion male costume. She soon gained a great proficiency in reporting, and advanced to the writing of short sketches and stories for the newspapers.

Una miriade di sentimenti si susseguono veloci nella lettura di questo romanzo e ognuno diviene il suo contrario nello spazio di poche pagine. La Serao mette a disposizione una trama semplice, un melodramma classico, senza colpi di scena, senza eccessivi virtuosismi narrativi e lo fa con uno stile cos particolare da rendere l'atmosfera rarefatta e ironica. La storia ambientata nella Napoli di fine ottocento e gi dalle prime pagine le descrizioni degli abiti, del mobilio, delle carrozze, cos vivido da risultare quasi reale, da manifestarsi davanti agli occhi, ma ci che rende il romanzo degno di essere letto la caratterizzazione dei personaggi.

In the country of Jesus is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Matilde Serao älskar sin stad. Hon drar oss med in i gränderna, upp på kullarna, ner till havet. Hon berättar om den grekiska flickan, Parthenope, som kom över havet, slog sig ner på Monte Echia och skapade den ursprungliga staden. Hon visar oss stranden där Vergilius vandrade i natten och lyssnade till vågornas rytm, den käre poeten som avvärjde faror i staden på magiskt vis. Matilde Serao berättar så att vi ser Donn'Annas gäster när de festklädda anländer till palatset i smyckade båtar, vi ser hur en liten munk springer runt i husen och irriterar hushållen och hur trollkarlen Cicho experimenterar om natten. De gamla sägnerna och legenderna spänner över årtusenden och speglar olika tider i staden. I fonden vulkanen, pyrande och påminnande. Matilde Serao (1856-1927) var en för sin tid ovanlig kvinna. Hon skrev jämt. Hon skrev sig ut ur ett begränsande kvinnoutrymme och blev journalist, tidningsgrundare och författare. Leggende napoletane - som har fått den svenska titeln Det gamla Neapel berättar - var bland det första i hennes omfattande produktion av romaner, noveller, essäer, artiklar och filmkritik. "Att den svenska översättningen försetts med noter som förklarar, berättar och fyller på författarens text är utmärkt för oss som inte har detaljkunskap om staden." Medusa"Kultur för resväskan". Vi Läser

Un libro che ha rievocato ricordi su Napoli. Le sue strade e le sue virtu. In un tempo in cui la danza poteva essere passione e professione anche per il prolietariato. E l'amore che termina in tragedia. "Cosi cominciava, nella notte d'inverno, la veglia funebre di Ferdinando Terzi conte di Torregrande, nella lurida stanza della Pension Suisse, fra il sangue del suicidio, assistito dal pianto, dai singulti, dalle interrotte parole di amore e di dolore di Carmela Minino, ballerina di terza riga, al teatro San Carlo".