About the book: 1987 / In the short story "His Reverend" Giovanni Verga painted a type of rich rural priest who holds the entire district in his hands and ruthlessly exploits the peasants in full the connivance of the authorities. “No, he didn’t even think of being considered a saint - God forbid! Holy people are dying of hunger,” Verga caustically conveys the thoughts of his reverence. Neither in appearance nor in his deeds did he resemble a servant of God, and the parishioners “did not really understand who he really was - either a priest blessing in the name of the Lord, or a master who only thinks about cheat them and escort them out of the field with an empty bag and a sickle under their arm?».