Which answer matches this clue: the 1881 verismo novel by Giovanni Verga about a Sicilian fishing family struggling against fate?

• A Mastro-don Gesualdo
• B Il Gattopardo
• C Tigre reale
• D I Malavoglia ✓

I Malavoglia is the cornerstone of verismo, applying Zola's naturalism to a village in Sicily and depicting the failure of the family's economic ambitions.