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Writing to Delight also serves as an instrument for a critical investigation of both the cultural productions of nineteenth-century Italy and the process of formation of modern Italian identities.

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Gabriella Romani Introduction Scenes from Nineteenth-Century Italy: Delightful Stories on Those Long, Long Winter Evenings Matilde Serao Checchina's Virtue Neera Paolina Aunt Severina The Lady of the Evening Marchesa Colombi Winter Evenings Learn a Trade for a Rainy Day Dear Hope Caterina Percoto The Bread of the Departed The Caning Contessa Lara The Coral Necklace Virginia Olper Monis Woes of the Middle Class Bruno Sperani Scorn for Life Afterword Ladies, Chickens, and Queens: The Strong Voices of Italian Women Writers ANTONIA ARSLAN Bio-Bibliographies of the Authors

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/07/2006
      ISBN13: 9780802038746, 978-0802038746
      ISBN10: 0802038743

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Writing to Delight also serves as an instrument for a critical investigation of both the cultural productions of nineteenth-century Italy and the process of formation of modern Italian identities.

      Table of Contents
      Gabriella Romani Introduction Scenes from Nineteenth-Century Italy: Delightful Stories on Those Long, Long Winter Evenings Matilde Serao Checchina's Virtue Neera Paolina Aunt Severina The Lady of the Evening Marchesa Colombi Winter Evenings Learn a Trade for a Rainy Day Dear Hope Caterina Percoto The Bread of the Departed The Caning Contessa Lara The Coral Necklace Virginia Olper Monis Woes of the Middle Class Bruno Sperani Scorn for Life Afterword Ladies, Chickens, and Queens: The Strong Voices of Italian Women Writers ANTONIA ARSLAN Bio-Bibliographies of the Authors

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