by Alessandro Manzoni · Giunti Editore · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788809842496
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«I promessi sposi» is the historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, published by Giunti Editore in paperback (880 pages, in Italian).
Renzo and Lucia, young betrothed, see their marriage blocked when the cowardly don Abbondio yields to don Rodrigo's threats. Forcibly separated, they journey through 17th-century Italy amid injustices, wars, famine, and plague. Manzoni combines irony and compassion to portray human weaknesses and the power of faith.
Complete 2017 edition, part of the Y Classici collection; includes notes and a glossary of characters.
Suitable for readers aged 14 and up and for those who enjoy Italian literary classics and historical novels.
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni was an Italian philosopher, poet, playwright, and novelist. He is best known for the novel The Betrothed, generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. The novel, published in 1827, is a symbol of the Italian Risorgimento for its patriotic message, and also because it was a fundamental milestone in the development of the modern and unified Italian language.
