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The Betrothed

Alessandro Manzoni

Form
Form Historical Novel
Year
Year 1827
Originally in
Originally in Italian
Pages
Pages 720

Two peasant lovers in Spanish-ruled Italy are kept from marrying by a local lord who wants the bride for himself, and are scattered by plague, war and years of separate flight before chance and faith bring them back together to wed.

That branch of the Lake of Como, which turns toward the south between two unbroken chains of mountains
The Betrothed, Alessandro Manzoni

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