The Betrothed
Alessandro Manzoni. Manzoni’s historical novel follows two young people whose planned marriage is disrupted amid political oppression, war, and plague in seventeenth-century Lombardy.
By Alessandro Manzoni. 1 edition, with a text you can read on this site.
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- Best overall: Bruce Penman (Penguin Classics). ISBN 9780140442748. Bookshop.org ↗
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- Edition guide: The Betrothed (I promessi sposi)
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