He began writing in his teens, producing the historical novel Amore e Patria (Love and Homeland) when he was only 16 years old.

Important personalities stayed in this city, and the cultural debate on subjects such as physiology, positivism, and Darwinism was lively.

He befriended unruly writers and teamed up at the Cova café with authors, publishers and literary critics.

He then embarked on a projected series of five novels, the Ciclo dei vinti (Cycle of the Vanquished) dealing with the problem of social and economic advancement.

In 2022 the official Verga 100 event was launched, dedicated to the centenary of the writer, with many events from Palermo to Milan, from theater to musical performances, Cinema, and Book Festival [1] Spring and other Stories (1877) (Primavera e altri racconti) The Life of the Fields (1880) (Vita dei campi) Little Novels of Sicily (1883) (Novelle rusticane) translated by D. H. Lawrence (1925)