Excerpt from Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories From the Italian of Giovanni Verga Giovanni Verga was born at Catania, in Sicily, in 1840. Ffis yout/z was spent in Florence and M'ilan. He afterwards lived in Catania 'again, w/zere lie liad an opportu nity of studying tnose types of tlze Sicilian peasantry wnic/z lie introduces so cjfiectively, and wit}: suc/z dramatic suggestion, into many of nis stories and sketcnes. After experienc ing grievous family losses lie returned to Ali/an, waero lie now resides. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.