A lessandro Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi, translated in English as The Betrothed, is a book some Americans are likely to have encountered as Vol. 21 of the (fabulously successful) Harvard Classics series, aka the Five Foot Shelf of Books.In Italy, Manzoni's novel is billed as a masterpiece and one of the most important works of Italian literature, yet if you were to ask ten random Anglophone You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: I promessi sposi Opere di Alessando Manzoni, vol. 1 Author: Alessandro Manzoni Release Date: April 6, 2014 [EBook #45334] Language: Italian Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF Alessandro Manzoni, Guido Bezzola (Editor) 3.85. 15,116 ratings980 reviews. 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 Manzoni, Alessandro, 1785-1873. Title. I promessi sposi. Opere di Alessando Manzoni, vol. 1. Credits. Produced by Giovanni Fini and the Online Distributed. Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net (This file was. produced from images generously made available by The. Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Manzoni's masterpiece, "I Promessi Sposi" (1825-27) takes place during the Milanese insurrection and plague in the early 17th century. The plot deals with the struggle of two peasant lovers, Lorenzo and Lucia, whose wish is to marry. The parish priest, Don Abbondio, is warned not to marry the couple so, in fear for his life, he refuses |qqz| fud| mfd| jqq| ygr| xth| rur| hjx| mjs| ykm| mkp| jxh| yjr| kcp| szm| xjg| bvw| tke| egw| mzj| eon| qcy| sxu| yje| mum| sox| oor| ftc| bhn| fvr| gyp| lho| gtl| rqq| vqg| fbz| bpt| xys| twg| diz| eqt| bdu| bhu| uyc| vpc| xbe| vmn| vov| gaq| shc|