C'era una volta

Name: C'era una volta
Author: Luigi Capuana

by Luigi Capuana

Italian fairy tale collection exploring fantastical themes and transformation

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Luigi Capuana

Italian author and literary critic who was the chief theorist and practitioner of verismo alongside Giovanni Verga. His supernatural stories and realistic novels of Sicilian life were enormously influential.

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