Alessandro Manzoni
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Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni was an Italian philosopher, poet, playwright, and novelist. He is best known for the novel The Betrothed, generally ranked among the masterpieces of world
Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni by Francesco Hayez (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, 1841)
Manzoni's family in a drawing by Ernesta Legnani Bisi
Illustration for the tragedy Il Conte di Carmagnola by Francesco Hayez
Frontispiece of The Betrothed in the second definitive edition of 1840–1842
The Betrothed
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The Betrothed is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni. The novel was first published in three volumes between 1825 and 1827; it was significantly revised and rewritten until the definitiv
Alessandro Manzoni
…Manzoni (UK: , US: , Italian: ; 7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian philosopher, poet, playwright, and novelist. He is best known for the novel The Betrothed (Italian: I promessi sposi), generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. The novel, published in 1827, is a symbol of the Italian…
"That branch of the Lake of Como", chapter 1, illustrated by Luigi Riccardi
Fra Cristoforo and Don Rodrigo
The Nun of Monza