DOMENICO CIAMPOLI
\dˈə͡ʊmnɪkˌə͡ʊ sˈa͡ɪəmpˌɒli], \dˈəʊmnɪkˌəʊ sˈaɪəmpˌɒli], \d_ˈəʊ_m_n_ɪ_k_ˌəʊ s_ˈaɪ_ə_m_p_ˌɒ_l_i]\
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An Italian novelist; born at Atezza in Abruzzi, Aug. 25, 1855. His stories and romances are to a great extent pictures of life among the peasantry and mountain folk of Southern Italy. He has also written romances of a less local character: "Diana"; "The Unknown". He has devoted special study to Slavic literature, and published several volumes on that subject.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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