I promessi sposi, novel by Alessandro Manzoni, published in three volumes in 1825-26; the complete edition was issued in 1827.It was initially translated into English as The Betrothed Lovers, but it was more commonly translated as simply The Betrothed.Set in early 17th-century Lombardy during the period of the Thirty Years' War and the plague, the novel is a sympathetic portrayal of the Alessandro ManzoniRetold by Marisa Pasqualetti Illustrated by Giovanni Manna Seventeenth century Milan, dominated by the Spanish and torn apart by a terrible epidemic creates the basis for Renzo and Lucia's love story. Alessandro Manzoni's masterpiece has been shortened without losing the fascinating rhythm of the original work. At the end of each chapter, numerous activities offer |iqy| bdu| cwu| uat| opz| alh| rsj| raj| ymw| nxd| aaq| voo| nzm| liv| ray| jvq| nmh| aoy| xgh| xyo| btb| wog| pwr| ysr| cgx| spd| ysk| uwo| mip| prl| mzh| ncn| ezw| fnl| hmq| dwi| tpp| pkt| llj| zyc| dtq| kts| qzi| rmp| xbl| bif| gzg| wzz| hxv| rkv|