The Betrothed (Illustrated): Bilingual edition (Italian Edition)
• This eBook includes the first English translation and the original text of the classical novel, and is enriched with 54 illustrations, a review by Edgar Allan Poe, an Introductory Note and Critical Remarks from the printed edition.
Alessandro Manzoni was an Italian poet and novelist. He is famous for the novel “The Betrothed” (Italian: “I promessi sposi”), the most famous and widely read novel in the Italian language, considered among the masterpieces of world literature.
The novel is a complex presentation of individual stories tied together by the story of Lucia and Renzo, two young persons of humble origin deeply in love with each other. Threatened and prevented from being married, Lucia and Renzo are separated, and the story follows each of them as they struggle to unite again, against a background of historical events and through the narration of many subplots.
The novel has been of great significance throughout the years, always reprinted and always studied.
Pope Francis is among the admirers of the novel that he recommended in 2015 to engaged couples as preparation for marriage. In his words, “Don't overlook this masterpiece on engagement in Italian literature, go on and read it and you will see the beauty.”