Project Gutenberg 2008-05-25 Public domain in the USA. 39 Raga, Emilio I drammi de' campi Padre Don Giuseppe—La vendetta—Proprietari e fittaiuoli— Sequestro. Reading ease score: 54.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense - Milano) "I drammi de' campi" by Emilio Raga is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in a rural Sicilian setting and explores themes such as morality, familial loyalty, and the social dynamics of village life. Central to the narrative is the character of Peppe, a mischievous boy, whose antics and early brushes with theft draw the attention of his grandfather, Saverio, and the local priest, Don Francesco, highlighting the struggle between his innate mischief and the expectations of honest behavior within his family. At the start of the tale, we are introduced to Peppe, who is often scolded by his strict grandfather Saverio while reflecting on his discontent with morality. Saverio's attempts to imbue Peppe with Christian values are met with rebelliousness from the boy, leading him down a path of theft, ultimately involving a series of petty crimes alongside his peers. As the opening chapters progress, the budding crisis centered around Peppe's misdeeds escalates after he is caught stealing pears, followed by more serious thefts with his friend Castrenze, revealing themes of temptation and the challenges faced by the older generation in guiding the youth. The narrative serves as a lens into the tensions between tradition and modernity in Sicilian village life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) it Italian fiction PQ Text IT Racconti Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 655186 654932 2024-11-11T06:04:49.378101 2023-09-11T09:14:40.363584 text/html text/html 655179 654925 2024-11-11T06:04:49.710013 2023-09-11T09:14:40.547600 text/html text/html 315907 2024-11-11T06:04:59.307968 application/epub+zip 325424 2024-11-11T06:04:52.015152 application/epub+zip 325424 2024-11-11T06:04:50.588021 application/epub+zip 570355 2024-11-11T06:05:04.757997 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 537651 2024-11-11T06:04:58.283986 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533355 2022-09-12T05:00:50.471658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 591230 591027 2024-11-11T06:04:48.732125 2023-09-11T09:14:39.859583 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 587416 2021-01-03T15:53:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 229101 2021-01-03T15:53:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18858 2024-11-11T06:05:04.889937 application/rdf+xml 13773 2024-11-11T06:04:51.219006 image/jpeg 3565 2024-11-11T06:04:50.951011 image/jpeg 309956 2024-11-11T06:04:49.770046 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog