The Betrothed: A Milanese Story of the Seventeenth Century
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Lombardy under Spanish rule, two peasants forbidden to marry by a local lord, and a famine, a riot and the plague between them and the altar. Manzoni's novel is the founding text of modern Italian prose - he rewrote it entirely in Florentine to fix the language of a country that did not yet exist. This edition binds 58 plates with the text, among them paintings by Munch, Rubens and van Goyen, alongside a restored and coloured illustration.
Lombardy under Spanish rule, two peasants forbidden to marry by a local lord, and a famine, a riot and the plague between them and the altar. Manzoni's novel is the founding text of modern Italian prose - he rewrote it entirely in Florentine to fix the language of a country that did not yet exist...
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Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) was an Italian novelist and poet born in Milan. His single novel went through a complete rewriting in Tuscan to establish a national literary language, and Verdi composed his Requiem in Manzoni's memory. His works include The Betrothed, the Sacred Hymns, and On the Historical Novel.
Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) was an Italian novelist and poet born in Milan. His single novel went through a complete rewriting in Tuscan to establish a national literary language, and Verdi composed his Requiem in Manzoni's memory. His works include The Betrothed, the Sacred Hymns, and On the ...
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