This modern translation of Italy's greatest novel tells the story of how a young couple's love, devotion and compassion triumph over despotic power, war, famine and pestilence.

This modern translation of Italy's greatest novel tells the story of how a young couple's love, devotion and compassion triumph over despotic power, war, famine and pestilence.

Alessandro Manzoni was a giant of nineteenth-century European literature whose I promessi sposi (The Betrothed, 1928) is ranked with War and Peace as marking the summit of the historical novel. Manzoni wrote "Del romanzo storico" ("On the Historical Novel") during the twenty years he spent revising I promessi sposi. This first English translation of On the Historical Novel reflects the insights of a great craftsman and the misgivings of a profound thinker. It brings up to the nineteenth century the long war between poetry and history, tracing the idea of the historical novel from its origins...

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Ich habe Ihnen zu verknden, da Manzonis Roman alles berflgelt, was wir in dieser Art kennen ...(Goethe)Vor dem Hintergrund einer politisch bewegten Zeit erzhlt Alessandro Manzoni die dramatische Geschichte des Liebespaares Renzo und Lucia, deren Heirat durch Intrigen, Kriege, Aufstnde und Pest ber Jahre verhindert wird. Die Verlobten ist der bedeutendste Roman der italienischen Literatur. Erschienen 1827 machte er in ganz Europa Furore und begrndete den bis heute whrenden Ruhm Manzonis.Ein spannender, ja faszinierender Roman, dabei immer wieder durchzogen von einem feinen Humor.Umberto Eco

Ich habe Ihnen zu verknden, da Manzonis Roman alles berflgelt, was wir in dieser Art kennen ...(Goethe)Vor dem Hintergrund einer politisch bewegten Zeit erzhlt Alessandro Manzoni die dramatische Geschichte des Liebespaares Renzo und Lucia, deren Heirat durch Intrigen, Kriege, Aufstnde und Pest ber Jahre verhindert wird.Die Verlobten ist der bedeutendste Roman der italienischen Literatur. Erschienen 1827 machte er in ganz Europa Furore und begrndete den bis heute whrenden Ruhm Manzonis.Ein spannender, ja faszinierender Roman, dabei immer wieder durchzogen von einem feinen Humor.Umberto Eco

The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website. You can also preview the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a trial membership in the publisher's book club where they can select from more than a million books for free. Original Publisher: James Burns Publication date: 1844 Subjects: Italy

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.