The Betrothed: A Novel
Two lovers struggle to marry amid coercion, upheaval, and plague in seventeenth-century Lombardy. Manzoni’s novel explores providence, injustice, and forgiveness.
Literature
Original date: 1827; revised 1840–1842
Reading level: Intermediate
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Brandon Vogt
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Fr. John Hardon
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Joseph Pearce
Pearce explicitly identifies this as a selection in Classic Literature Made Simple.
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Original catalog editions
Modern Library (2022), 704 pages
The Betrothed: A Novel