The Betrothed
- 作者
- 出版社 Random House US
- 出版时间 2013年9月
- ISBN 9780375712340
- 定价 588.30
内容简介
Italy’sgreatestnovelandamasterpieceofworldliterature,TheBetrothedchroniclestheunforgettableromanceofRenzoandLucia,whoenduretyranny,war,famine,andplaguetobetogether.Publishedin1827butsettwocenturiesearlier,againstthetumultuousbackdropofseventeenth-centuryLombardyduringtheThirtyYears’War,TheBetrothedisthestoryoftwopeasantloverswhowantnothingmorethantomarry.TheirregionofnorthernItalyisunderSpanishoccupation,andwhentheviciousSpaniardDonRodrigoblockstheirunioninanattempttotakeLuciaforhimself,thecouplemuststruggletopersevereagainsthisplots—whichincludefalsechargesagainstRenzoandthekidnappingofLuciabyarobberbaroncalledtheUnnamed—whilebesetbythehazardsofwar,breadriots,andaterrifyingoutbreakofbubonicplague.Firstandforemostalovestory,thenovelalsoweavesissuesoffaith,justice,power,andtruthintoasweepingepicinthetraditionofIvanhoe,LesMisérables,andWarandPeace.Groundbreakinglypopulistinitsdayandhugelyinfluentialtosucceedinggenerations,AlessandroManzoni’smasterworkhaslongbeenconsideredoneofItaly’snationaltreasures.TranslatedbyArchibaldColquhoun(BookJacketStatus:Jacketed),
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