Esta obra maestra de la literatura italiana relata una historia de opresores y oprimidos, donde dos campesinos ven amenazado su amor. En la ciudad de Milán del siglo XVII y bajo la sombra de la peste cercenando vidas, la trama brota del hallazgo de un viejo manuscrito y logra enlazar de forma magistral ficción y realidad. Para enmarcar las muchas desventuras de la pareja protagonista, Manzoni crea un extenso mundo social, surcado por estigmas e injusticias, donde todos los personajes quedan...
Esta obra maestra de la literatura italiana relata una historia de opresores y oprimidos, donde dos campesinos ven amenazado su amor. En la ciudad de Milán del siglo XVII y bajo la sombra de la peste cercenando vidas, la trama brota del hallazgo de un viejo manuscrito y logra enlazar de forma magistral ficción y realidad. Para enmarcar las muchas desventuras de la pareja protagonista, Manzoni crea un extenso mundo social, surcado por estigmas e injusticias, donde todos los personajes quedan...
Set in northern Italy in 1628, during the terrible, oppressive years under Spanish rule, it is sometimes seen as a veiled attack on Austria, which controlled the region at the time the novel was written. It is also noted for the extraordinary description of the plague that struck Milan around 1630.
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Considered one of the most important and widely read novels ever written in the Italian language, “The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi)” is Alessandro Manzoni’s 1827 historical novel, which details the terribly oppressive rule of the Spanish over Italy in the early 1600s. At the center of the novel is the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, whose marriage is forbidden by the local baron, who wishes to wed the lovely Lucia himself. Forced to flee their homes, Renzo and Lucia are separated and...
Considered one of the most important novels ever written in the Italian language, «The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi)» is Alessandro Manzoni's 1827 historical novel, which details the terribly oppressive rule of the Spanish over Italy in the early 1600s. At the center of the novel is the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, whose marriage is forbidden by the local baron. Set against all odds Renzo and Lucia's love must struggle against the ravages of war, famine, and the plague....
I promessi sposi è un celebre romanzo storico di Alessandro Manzoni, ritenuto il più famoso e il più letto tra quelli scritti in lingua italiana. Preceduto dal Fermo e Lucia, spesso considerato romanzo a sé, fu pubblicato in una prima versione nel 1827 (detta «ventisettana»); rivisto in seguito dallo stesso autore, soprattutto nel linguaggio, fu ripubblicato nella versione definitiva fra il 1840 e il 1842 (detta «quarantana»). Ambientato tra 1628 e il 1630 in Lombardia durante il dominio...
