I promessi sposi
by Alessandro Manzoni · first published 1800
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Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, The Betrothed tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desires Lucia for himself. Forced to flee, they are then cruelly separated, and must face many dangers including plague, famine and imprisonment, and confront a variety of strange characters - the mysterious Nun of Monza, the fiery Father Cristoforo and the sinister 'Unnamed' - in their struggle to be reunited. A vigorous portrayal of enduring passion, The Betrothed's exploration of love, power and fait
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For other HNers out there: I Promessi Sposi really is a great book. If you are looking for something to read this summer, I'd really reccomend it.
on “The Lyttle Lytton Contest” ↗In Italy that happens with Dante’s Divina Commedia and Manzoni’s I Promessi Sposi. Very good reads on their own, they get absolutely destroyed by being forced on kids.
on “The Great Gatsby: Misunderstood Novel” ↗I don't agree with you, as italian we read for example in school a story I think is also famous in other parts of the world, "I promessi sposi" like it's translated as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Betrothed_(Manzoni_novel), and there are described at a certain point confinements for the plague, also I've read about confined city for epidemics…
on “Covid Is a Social Construct” ↗…travel far from home. People mostly lived a self segregated life. There's a reason why there aren't many popular Italian books of the time including black people, they were not a numerous presence. I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed from Manzoni) it's probably the most popular Italian novel ever, it was written around the same time of Pinocchio and is set in Milan in 1630s during the plague and the Spanish rule. There…
on “IMDB deleted all negative user reviews for The Rings of Power” ↗…jutting and retiring ridges, suddenly contracts itself between a headland to the right and an extended sloping bank on the left, and assumes the flow and appearance of a river." That's the beginning of "I Promessi Sposi" (The Bethrothed) which is one of the most important books of italian literature, and IMO has one of the worst incipits ever written. And I feel the 1834 english version[0] is actually more readable…
on “The Lyttle Lytton Contest” ↗