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title: "The Betrothed: I Promessi Sposi (Penguin Classics)"
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# The Betrothed: I Promessi Sposi (Penguin Classics)

**Brand:** alessandro manzonibruce penman
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- **What is this?** The Betrothed: I Promessi Sposi (Penguin Classics) by alessandro manzonibruce penman
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The Betrothed: I Promessi Sposi (Penguin Classics)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Great classic, should be better known
  

*by R***I on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 13, 2023*

Extraordinary cast of characters involved in an astonishing sequence of adventures.All of this was set in motion by a young couples desire to wed.  Along the way we get a good look at the ways of late medieval Italy under Spanish domination, including a harrowing account of the ravages of plague.  There is nonetheless a great deal of humor in the workI was most impressed with the variety of characters who appear, wreak their havoc, and then on to the next adventure.  The principal characters stumble  their way along by persistence and dumb luck, and you somehow expect that they will eventually find their way to fulfillment.  Meanwhile every variety of scoundrel and charlatan impedes their way, but ultimately fails.This is a truly great work of literature, and should be better known..

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Classic Italian social comedy
  

*by S***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 9, 2022*

It's a re-packing of a previous English edition -- and looks a bit dowdy.The text is charming funny send-up of old world ways.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A gem.
  

*by N***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 13, 2007*

I have read quite a lot of "classic" literature in my time, purely for enjoyment.  I have to say this is one of the very finest (I would put it in my top 5) works of great literature I have ever read.It is incredibly absorbing, allows you to enter the period in a way you will understand it.  The descriptions of Milan during a plague outbreak are totally convincing.Yes, it's "religious" (but in a humanitarian way) as well as historical.  I'm nominally an English Anglican (= Episcopalian), but not particularly religious, and read the book, all in one go (a major achievement because it's long) in a hotel in Asia.  I just couldn't put it down (a wonderful rarity that book lovers will well understand).  Had there been a Catholic priest in the room next door, I well might have asked for instruction into "the faith"; it was that moving!Please read this book and help to make it as well known outside Italy as it is within (it is the equivalent of Dante to an Italian, or Shakespeare to us).  Also read The Leopard by Lampedusa (terrific film, too, with Burt lancaster) if you're interested in fictionalisation of Italian history.

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