Title: Writing to delight : Italian short stories by nineteenth-century women writers /
Authors: Arslan, Antonia.; Romani, Gabriella.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Short stories, Italian Women authors Translations into English.; Italian fiction Translations into English.; Italian fiction Women authors Translations into English.
Contents: Introduction: Scenes from nineteenth-century Italy: delightful stories on those long, long, winter evenings / Gabriella Romani -- Checchina's virtue / Matilde Serao -- Paolina ; Aunt Severina ; The lady of the evening / Neera -- Winter evenings ; Learn a trade for a rainy day ; Dear hope / Marchesa Colombi -- The bread of the departed ; The caning / Caterina Percoto -- The coral necklace / Contessa Lara -- Woes of the middle class / Virginia Olper Monis -- Scorn for life / Bruno Sperani -- Afterword: Ladies, chickens, and queens: the strong voices of Italian women writers / Antonia Arslan.