The Betrothed
Subtitle: I Promessi Sposi (Penguin Classics)
Contributors: Bruce Penman (Introduction, Translator)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: March 6, 1984
Number of pages: 720
ISBN-13: 9780140442748
First sentence: "ONE arm of Lake Como turns off to the south between two unbroken chains of mountains, which cut it up into a series of bays and inlets as the hills advance into the water and retreat again, until it quite suddenly grows much narrower and takes on the appea"