Abstract
When the first Italian women writers began to enter the literary circles of the"nineteenth century", they faced a hostile and prejudiced mentality on the part ofsome writers of the time. Alongside other contemporary writers, such as AdaNegri, Matilde Serao, Elvira Mancuso, Grazia Deledda, among others, the late-Verista Sicilian writer Maria Messina is among those women who faced all sorts…