Born in Sicily, Italy, Giovanni Verga was one of the creators of Verismo. Verismo is an Italian literary movement that emerged between 1875 and 1895, based on the works of writers and poets who constituted a school based on a set of realistic principles. Through this seven specially selected short stories you will have the opportunity to know the work of this author. - Rosso Malpello - Rustic Chivalry - How Peppa Loved Gramigna - Jeli, the Shepherd - La Lupa - The Story of St. Joseph's Ass - The Bereaved

Giovanni Verga, (born Sept. 2, 1840, Catania, Sicilydied Jan. 27, 1922, Catania), novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, most important of the Italian verismo (Realist) school of novelists.