The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg

The Little Virtues

Natalia Ginzburg with Rachel Cusk (Contributor), Dick Davis (Translator)

171 pages first pub 1962 (editions) user-added

nonfiction essays reflective slow-paced

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Between 1944 and 1960, Natalia Ginzburg wrote The Little Virtues, a collection of eleven vivid portraits of life that are central to her legacy as one of the greatest Italian writers of the twentieth century. From the Italian countryside, where sh...

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reflective 89%
inspiring 50%
emotional 46%
informative 24%
sad 18%
hopeful 17%
challenging 12%
funny 6%
relaxing 6%
dark 4%
lighthearted 4%
mysterious 1%
tense 1%

Pace

medium 49%
slow 32%
fast 18%

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