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Discussion with Cristina @knittingbooksetc.2810 and Ursula @Ursula's odds and sods about our buddy read of "The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni.
Cristina's channel: youtube.com/channel/UCsUr8yiR-I2sWvxyXWhA0jQ
Ursula's channel: youtube.com/user/Baryshnitsa
The Betrothed (Italian: I promessi sposi) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, and significantly revised and rewritten until the definitive version published between 1840. It has been called the most famous and widely read novel in the Italian language.
Set in Lombardy in 1628, during the years of Spanish rule, the novel is also noted for its extraordinary description of the plague that struck Milan around 1630.
Renzo and Lucia, a couple living in a village in Lombardy, near Lecco, on Lake Como, are planning to wed on 8 November 1628. The parish priest, don Abbondio, is walking home on the eve of the wedding when he is accosted by two "bravi" (thugs) who warn him not to perform the marriage, because the local baron (Don Rodrigo) has forbidden it.
When he presents himself for the wedding ceremony, Renzo is amazed to hear that the marriage is to be postponed (the priest didn't have the courage to tell the truth). An argument ensues and Renzo succeeds in extracting from the priest the name of Don Rodrigo. It turns out that Don Rodrigo has his eye on Lucia and that he had a bet about her with his cousin Count Attilio.
Discussion with Cristina @knittingbooksetc.2810 and Ursula @Ursula's odds and sods about our buddy read of "The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni.
Cristina's channel: youtube.com/channel/UCsUr8yiR-I2sWvxyXWhA0jQ
Ursula's channel: youtube.com/user/Baryshnitsa
The Betrothed (Italian: I promessi sposi) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, and significantly revised and rewritten until the definitive version published between 1840. It has been called the most famous and widely read novel in the Italian language.
Set in Lombardy in 1628, during the years of Spanish rule, the novel is also noted for its extraordinary description of the plague that struck Milan around 1630.
Renzo and Lucia, a couple living in a village in Lombardy, near Lecco, on Lake Como, are planning to wed on 8 November 1628. The parish priest, don Abbondio, is walking home on the eve of the wedding when he is accosted by two "bravi" (thugs) who warn him not to perform the marriage, because the local baron (Don Rodrigo) has forbidden it.
When he presents himself for the wedding ceremony, Renzo is amazed to hear that the marriage is to be postponed (the priest didn't have the courage to tell the truth). An argument ensues and Renzo succeeds in extracting from the priest the name of Don Rodrigo. It turns out that Don Rodrigo has his eye on Lucia and that he had a bet about her with his cousin Count Attilio.
