![]() ![]() ![]() (There were two American translations printed in 1834 the other was printed at New York by G. The "Metropolitan Edition." Possibly the first American edition. ![]() Washington: Stereotyped and Published by Duff Green. As translated for The Metropolitan, from the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni, by G. A Milanese story of the seventeenth century. I PROMESSI SPOSI OR, THE BETROTHED LOVERS. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Their flight takes them out of their peaceful village life into turbulent history violent bread riots in Milan, the ravages of the 30 years war, famine, and finally the plague, with all its attendant horrors. Renzo and Lucia fly from the villainous Don Rodrigo and are separated. ![]() A vigorous portrayal of enduring passion, The Betrothed's exploration of love, power and faith presents a whirling panorama of seventeenth-century Italian life and is one of the greatest European historical novels. 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. 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. ![]()
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