03517cam a22003613u 4500 70578 UtSlPG 20260610134631.0 m cr n 260607r20231907utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ PT Patten, William, 1868-1936 Short story classics (Foreign), Vol. 2, Italian and Scandinavian Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2023 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2023-04-17 The lost letter, by Enrico Castelnuovo -- Cavalleria rusticana, by Giovanni Verga -- The silver crucifix, by Antonio Fogazzaro -- The little Sardinian drummer, by Edmondo de Amicis -- Lulu's triumph, by Matilda Serao -- The end of Candia, by Gabriele d'Annunzio -- Signora Speranza, by Luigi Pirandello -- Two men and a woman, by Grazia Deledda -- Railroad and churchyard, by Björnstjerne Björnson -- Björn Sivertsen's wedding trip, byt Holger Drachmann -- Jalo the trotter, by Johann Jacob Ahrenberg -- The plague at Bergamo, by Jens Peter Jacobsen -- Karen, by Alexander Lange Kielland -- Love and bread, by Jean August Strindberg -- Irene Holm, by Hermann, Joachim Bang -- The outlaws, by Selma Lagerlöf. Andrés V. Galia, Susan (susanskinner), María Cristina F. Q. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Short Story Classics (Foreign), Vol. 2, Italian and Scandinavian" by William Patten is a collection of short stories compiled in the early 20th century. The anthology features works from notable Italian and Scandinavian authors, showcasing various themes and narratives that reflect cultural and societal aspects of their times. Among the stories included, the opening selection, “The Lost Letter” by Enrico Castelnuovo, introduces Professor Attilio Cernieri, an accomplished Egyptologist, whose life becomes entangled with memories of a lost love due to a forgotten letter from his youth. At the start of the collection, readers meet Professor Cernieri as he receives a long-awaited shipment of books, among which he discovers an old, unopened letter addressed to Maria Lisa Altavilla, a woman who once captivated his heart. The discovery forces him to confront the past and the feelings he suppressed over two decades. As memories resurface, Cernieri reflects on what might have been had he sent the letter, stirring a poignant mix of regret, nostalgia, and the realization of lost opportunities. The unfolding narrative hints at a deeper exploration of themes related to love, memory, and the choices that shape one’s life, setting the tone for the unique stories that follow in the anthology. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: United States: P. F. Collier & Son, 1907 Short stories, Scandinavian -- Translations into English Italian fiction -- Translations into English Short stories, Italian -- Translations into English Scandinavian fiction -- Translations into English https://archive.org/details/shortstoryclassi02pattrich/page/330/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70578 111304 111304