Alessandro Manzoni

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The Betrothed: Introduction by Jonathan KeatesHardcover, 17 September 2013

The Betrothed: Introduction by Jonathan Keates
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Part of Series
Everyman's Library Classics
Print Length
648 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Date Published
17 Sep 2013
ISBN-10
0375712348
ISBN-13
9780375712340

Description

Italy's greatest novel and a masterpiece of world literature, The Betrothed chronicles the unforgettable romance of Renzo and Lucia, who endure tyranny, war, famine, and plague to be together.

Published in 1827 but set two centuries earlier, against the tumultuous backdrop of seventeenth-century Lombardy during the Thirty Years' War, The Betrothed is the story of two peasant lovers who want nothing more than to marry. Their region of northern Italy is under Spanish occupation, and when the vicious Spaniard Don Rodrigo blocks their union in an attempt to take Lucia for himself, the couple must struggle to persevere against his plots--which include false charges against Renzo and the kidnapping of Lucia by a robber baron called the Unnamed--while beset by the hazards of war, bread riots, and a terrifying outbreak of bubonic plague. First and foremost a love story, the novel also weaves issues of faith, justice, power, and truth into a sweeping epic in the tradition of Ivanhoe, Les Misérables, and War and Peace. Groundbreakingly populist in its day and hugely influential to succeeding generations, Alessandro Manzoni's masterwork has long been considered one of Italy's national treasures.

Translated by Archibald Colquhoun

Product Details

Author:
Alessandro Manzoni
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
DE
Date Published:
17 September 2013
Dimensions:
20.57 x 13.46 x 3.56 cm
Genre:
Italy
ISBN-10:
0375712348
ISBN-13:
9780375712340
Language:
English
Pages:
648
Weight:
675.85 gm

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