Project Gutenberg 2009-08-31 Public domain in the USA. 113 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.) Reading ease score: 48.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. it Short stories, Italian PQ Text IT Racconti Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories 190431 2025-06-12T10:42:09.967972 text/html 190252 2025-01-12T10:15:23.507596 text/html 141272 2025-06-12T10:42:17.051954 application/epub+zip 143146 2025-06-12T10:42:13.344992 application/epub+zip 126622 2025-06-12T10:42:11.869983 application/epub+zip 300387 2025-06-12T10:42:19.876914 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282126 2025-06-12T10:42:16.259940 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252461 2022-09-13T18:12:38.798409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164154 2025-06-12T10:42:09.655967 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 17685 2025-06-12T10:42:20.017919 application/rdf+xml 15299 2025-06-12T10:42:12.435954 image/jpeg 3848 2025-06-12T10:42:12.161971 image/jpeg 140772 2025-06-12T10:42:10.004998 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia it.wikipedia