Project Gutenberg 2009-08-31 Public domain in the USA. 48 Di Giacomo, Salvatore 1860 1934 Giacomo, Salvatore di Mattinate napoletane Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Mattinate napoletane" by Salvatore Di Giacomo is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The work paints a vivid picture of life in Naples through a series of character-driven narratives filled with emotional depth and local color. The stories reflect on themes such as longing, love, and loss, often narrated from the perspective of artists or people from the lower social classes, capturing the unique essence of Neapolitan culture. At the start of "Mattinate napoletane," the narrator reflects on their solitary life in Naples, filled with melancholic thoughts and the changing weather that influences their mood. The character, presumably a painter, describes a chance encounter with a woman named Fortunata, who invites him to draw her son, Ndreuccio, a sickly child. This introduction sets the stage for a poignant depiction of mortality and the connection between art and life, as the narrator grapples with their emotions while painting the boy's portrait, indicating that the coarse realities of life often overshadow artistic aspirations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) it Short stories, Italian PQ Text IT Racconti Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 190251 190025 2024-09-12T16:20:32.443944 2023-09-13T08:12:58.038176 text/html text/html 190244 190018 2024-09-12T16:20:32.632008 2023-09-13T08:12:58.178172 text/html text/html 118852 2024-09-12T16:20:37.174942 application/epub+zip 120975 2024-09-12T16:20:33.924933 application/epub+zip 120974 2024-09-12T16:20:33.129926 application/epub+zip 270714 2024-09-12T16:20:39.728935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252419 2024-09-12T16:20:36.649907 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252461 2022-09-13T18:12:38.798409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164154 163971 2024-09-12T16:20:32.196974 2023-09-13T08:12:57.834167 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 163186 2009-08-31T07:38:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 64733 2009-08-31T07:38:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18067 2024-09-12T16:20:39.865920 application/rdf+xml 15323 2024-09-12T16:20:33.466927 image/jpeg 3848 2024-09-12T16:20:33.295932 image/jpeg 120785 2024-09-12T16:20:32.650935 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 en.wikipedia it.wikipedia