The Betrothed
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The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni
'I pity this house; the curse of God is hanging over it' Two lovers must face tyrants, war, riots, plague and famine as they struggle to be together, in this teeming panorama of seventeenth-century Italian life - the original historical novel. A new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin's original covers.
It is a corker of a book, twisting and turning, and shows the novel at a strange pass between the romance and Gothic impetus of the previous century and the psychological realism of the coming one-- Jerome de Groot * History Today *
[The Betrothed] promises to be the commencement of a new style in novel writing -- Edgar Allan Poe
[The Betrothed] promises to be the commencement of a new style in novel writing -- Edgar Allan Poe
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780241259078 |
| ISBN 10 | 024125907X |
| Title | The Betrothed |
| Author | Alessandro Manzoni |
| Series | Pocket Penguins |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-05-26 |
| Number of pages | 832 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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