||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| One of the best Italian novels: Timeless|By B Leyden|Though written more than 150 years ago, this classic Italian novel reads from a very modern perspective. The only problem that might chaff some moderns is that, in the style of Dickens, it throws into the mix everything including sometimes the kitchen sink. If you wish to get an accurate perspective of an 17th Century Nort|| “This is not just a book; it offers consolation to the whole of humanity.” |—Giuseppe Verdi| |“[Manzoni is] the only Italian literary figure whom his countrymen consider worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Dante
Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, The Betrothed tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desires Lucia for himself. Forced to flee, they are then cruelly separated, and must face many dangers including plague, famine and imprisonment, and confront a variety of strange characters - the mysterious Nun of Monza, the fiery Father Cristoforo and the sinister 'Unnam...
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You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Betrothed: I Promessi Sposi (Penguin Classics) | Alessandro Manzoni. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
