Excerpt from L'arrabbiata: With Notes, Vocabulary, and Material for Conversation and Composition Exercises by Dr. Wilhelm Bernhardt Paul Heyse, the most artistic among the German novel ists of to-day, was born in Berlin, March 15, 1830, as the son of the well-known lexicographer and grammarian, Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse. He studied the classic and Ro mance languages and literatures, first at the university of his native city and, after 1849, under Diez at Bonn. In 1852, having obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, he trav eled through Italy to examine the manuscripts in the public libraries of Venice, Florence, and Rome. Upon a call of King Maximilian II. Of Bavaria, he settled in Munich in 18 54, de voting himself exclusively to literature. He still lives at the capital of Bavaria. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.