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London Review of Books
'The work retains its universality, and one suspects that these translations will last a long time'
London Review of Books
'At his best, as G.H.McWilliam's distinguished new translations of the stories allow us to see, Verga is quite the equal of Chekhov'
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The family fireside was for me a figure of speech, useful as a frame for the mildest and calmest of emotions, on a par with moonbeams kissing blonde tresses; but I used to smile whenever I heard people telling me that the fire in the hearth is a sort of friend. Read the first page
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The family fireside was for me a figure of speech, useful as a frame for the mildest and calmest of emotions, on a par with moonbeams kissing blonde tresses; but I used to smile whenever I heard people telling me that the fire in the hearth is a sort of friend. Read the first page
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