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The Betrothed ( Italian: I promessi sposi Italian: [i proˈmessi ˈspɔːzi]) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in three volumes, and significantly revised and rewritten until the definitive version published between 1840 and 1842.
- Alessandro Manzoni
- 1827
Feb 3, 2011 · Manzoni, Alessandro, 1785-1873: Uniform Title: I promessi sposi. English Title: The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni Credits: Emanuela Piasentini, Barbara Magni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries
- Alessandro Manzoni
- English
- 1827
- I promessi sposi. English
Feb 3, 2011 · But Alessandro Manzoni is not only a skilful painter of individual portraits, he excels also in grand historical representations. In that of the plague at Milan, and the famine preceding it, his manner becomes bolder, his touch more free and majestic, without, however, losing any of its exquisite delicacy.
Oct 7, 2021 · The betrothed; by. Manzoni, Alessandro, 1785-1873. Publication date. 1972. Publisher. Harmondsworth, Penguin. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled.
Oct 10, 2022 · Italy’s Great Historical Novel. Henry James decried the nineteenth century’s “loose baggy monsters,” but a new translation of Alessandro Manzoni’s “The Betrothed” demonstrates the genre’s...
- Joan Acocella
Jul 11, 2011 · Book from Project Gutenberg: The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni.
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The Betrothed. “The great plague novel.” —The New Yorker Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, The Betrothed tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia,...
