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Alesandro Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed) is a great novel. Set during the war torn and plague infected years of early 17th Century Lombardy, the story takes account not only of the dramatic events brought about by the catastrophes of war and plague, but also the simple lives of the people caught up in the death and destruction of the times. We are immediately introduced to our two main characters, Renzo and Lucy, young peasants who are planning to be married. The local parish priest, Father Abbondio, is warned by two ruffians not to perform the marriage on orders of the local nobleman, Don Rodrigo. Father Abbondio is a weak and cowardly man who complies with the orders he has been given. Renzo won't be stopped. He joins with Lucy's mother Agnes to form a plot to fool the padre and get the marriage performed, but they fail and must immediately leave their homes to prevent Don Rodrigo from kidnapping Lucy. Thus the novel begins and takes many twists and turns before the end when we finally find out what happens to Renzo and Lucy.
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About the Author:
Alessandro Manzoni was born in 1785 near Lake Como, Italy. Sent to boarding school at the age of five, he felt estranged from his family, particularly when his mother left his father. As a young man Manzoni subscribed to the ideas of the French Revolution, joining his mother in Paris, where he married Henriette Blondel in 1808. He wrote throughout his life, but suffered from a nervous disorder which grew progressively worse through his lifetime. He died in 1873. Bruce Penman was a versatile linguist fluent in four languages, knowledgeable of ten. In 1984 his translation of China by Gildo Fossati won the John Florio Prize for best translation from the Italian. He died in 1986.
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- PublisherCreatespace Independent Pub
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1495297594
- ISBN 13 9781495297595
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages332
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