Writing to delight : Italian short stories by nineteenth-century women writers
Record details
- ISBN: 9781282028913
- ISBN: 128202891X
- ISBN: 1442683759
- ISBN: 9781442683754
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (210 pages).
remote - Publisher: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2006.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Scenes from nineteenth-century Italy: delightful stories on those long, long, winter evenings / Gabriella Romani -- Checchina's virtue / Matilde Serao -- Paolina ; Aunt Severina ; The lady of the evening / Neera -- Winter evenings ; Learn a trade for a rainy day ; Dear hope / Marchesa Colombi -- The bread of the departed ; The caning / Caterina Percoto -- The coral necklace / Contessa Lara -- Woes of the middle class / Virginia Olper Monis -- Scorn for life / Bruno Sperani -- Afterword: Ladies, chickens, and queens: the stron voices of Italian women writers / Antonia Arslan. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. Translations. |