FTP, name this author, who popularized the verismo school of Italy and penned the short story "Cavalleria Rusticana."
The unfinished novel Duchess of Leyra was to have been the third part of his incomplete trilogy The Defeated. His early novels, patriotic ones like Royal Tigress and Eva, were atypical of later works including those short stories in his collection Vita dei Campi. It was with the story "Nedda" that he began his description of peasant life, which continued with his great novels Mastro-Don Gesualdo and I Malavoglia. FTP, name this author, who popularized the verismo school of Italy and penned the short story "Cavalleria Rusticana."
The unfinished novel Duchess of Leyra was to have been the third part of his incomplete trilogy The Defeated.
Giovanni {Verga}