Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories by Giovanni Verga: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 9 original MP3 tracks, 2:14:11 running time and a link to listen.
Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories, credited to Giovanni Verga, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories by Giovanni Verga. (Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole.) Read in English by Mary J The short stories of Giovanni Verga, one of the leading authors of Italian verismo, or realism, tell mostly of working-class characters in rural, 19th-century Sicily. One of these stories, "Rustic Chivalry," or "Cavalleria rusticana," was the basis for the opera of the same name by Mascagni. - Summary by Mary J
Recording facts
- Recording title: Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories
- Author credits: Giovanni Verga
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 9
- Listed recording duration: 2:14:11
Catalogue topics
- realism
- rural life
- Sicily
- verismo
Track guide
- 00 - Introduction — 4:37
- 01 - How Peppa Loved Gramigna — 14:38
- 02 - Jeli the Shepherd Part 1 — 19:37
- 03 - Jeli the Shepherd Part 2 — 19:57
- 04 - Jeli the Shepherd Part 3 — 21:17
- 05 - Rustic Chivalry — 11:24
- 06 - La Lupa — 9:15
- 07 - The Story of St. Joseph's Ass — 21:39
- 08 - The Bereaved — 11:47
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