by Alessandro Manzoni · Ediciones Rialp, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432152382
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The Betrothed: Milanese History of the 17th Century is a masterpiece of Italian literature by Alessandro Manzoni. The novel tells a story of oppressors and oppressed, where two peasants see their love threatened in the city of Milan in the 17th century, under the shadow of the plague. The plot springs from the discovery of an old manuscript and manages to masterfully link fiction and reality. Manzoni creates an extensive social world, furrowed by stigmas and injustices, where all the characters are masterfully characterized and awaken in the reader pity and love, laughter, contempt or admiration. The author portrays them while showing his affection for the anonymous people, and chooses the humble as heroes of his novel. The result marks the beginning of the modern realistic novel in Italy.
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.
