- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Quartet Books; New edition edition (1 April 1985)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0704334852
- ISBN-13: 978-0704334854
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.2 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 444,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1905. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII ONE morning, about three years after his conviction, Costantino awoke in a bad humour. The heat was oppressive, and the air of the cell was heavy and sickening. One of the prisoners was snoring and puffing like a kettle letting off steam. Costantino had slept with Giovanna's last letter beneath his head, and a sad little letter it was; short, and depressing in the extreme. She told of her and her mother's dire poverty, and of the boy's serious illness. It never occurred to Costantino to reflect how cruel it was to write to him in this strain; he wanted to know the truth about them, however bad it might be, and he felt that to share all Giovanna's sorrows and to agonise over his inability to help her was a part of his duty. A barren duty,-- alas!--merely an increase of his misery. He had become quite deft at his trade of shoemaking, and worked rapidly, but he could make very little money; all that was left, however, after the King of Spades had been paid for his supposed good offices he sent to Giovanna. "Upon my word," said the ex-marshal, "you are a goose. Spend it on yourself. They ought to be sending you money." "But they are so poor." "Poor! Not they; haven't they got the sun? What more do they want?" said the other. "If you would only eat and drink more it would be a real charity. You are nothing but a stick, my dear fellow. Look at me! I'm getting fat. My bacon may be all rind, but, all the same, I'm getting fat." He was, in fact, as round as a ball, but his flesh hung down in yellow, flabby rolls. Costantino, on the other hand, had fallen away, his eyes were big and cavernous, and his hands transparent. The sun! he thought to himself bitterly. Yes, they have indeed got that; but what good is the sun even, when one has nothing to eat,...
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The Great Sardinian Novel!,
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This review is from: After the Divorce (Quartet Encounters) (Paperback)
This could be considered a pioneer feminist novel, and it's far superior to Kate Chopin's offering of three years earlier. It's an extremely accomplished novel about life in a Sardinian village. A newly married young man is accused of murdering his uncle and is thrown in jail. His wife remarries. Someone else confessed to the crime. The fellow is freed from jail. The writing is very accomplished and the descriptions of the surrounding mountains and valleys are superb, as are the characters. "Life is long and it costs a lot of money."
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