The She-Wolf (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Giovanni Verga
- First Published: 1880
- Type of Plot: Verism
- Time of Work: The late 1800's
- Setting: A rural Sicilian community
- Principal Characters: Giuseppina, Maricchia, Nanni
- Genres: Realism, Short fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Sin or Original sin, Obsession
- Locales: Sicily, Italy
The Story
The villagers have given Giuseppina the nickname “the She-wolf” “because she never had enough—of anything. The women made the sign of the Cross when they saw her pass,” and even the parish priest lost his soul for her. Maricchia, her daughter, bemoans her own fate: No one would want the daughter of such a woman as his wife, even though her dowry and landholdings are the match of any young woman in the town.
When Nanni, a young man of the village, returns from his compulsory military service, the She-wolf falls desperately in love with him. Much older...
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