Alessandro Manzoni’s novel, I promessi sposi (The Betrothed) dates first to 1825–1827, when it appeared serially in three volumes, and then to 1840–1842, during which a revised version came out in 96 ...

Don Abbondio, one of the main characters of The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni, is on everyone's lips. The reason? His name appeared in the new medical exam in a question. 'The phrase "Don Abbondio ...

THE complex family relationships of Italian writer Alessandro Manzoni were the intriguing subject of a lecture, organised recently by the Department of Italian, as part of the course on 19th century ...

The idea that to change a political landscape one must first influence people’s minds relies on the premise that what one reads influences what one thinks. In other words, if “ideas have consequences, ...

"The Betrothed" ("I Promessi Sposi"), Italy's national literary classic, is many fine things. But above all it is a love story. This long, involved love story explores the heart, history and the human ...

When the bubonic plague reappeared in Milan in 1629, Alessandro Manzoni wrote in the historical novel “The Betrothed,” public-health officials found that their warnings were either ignored or derided.

Let's say it openly: despite the many celebrations of these days for the 150th anniversary of his death, for many of us Alessandro Manzoni is linked to not exactly exciting memories. Remember, in fact ...

ONE SIDE-EFFECT of the coronavirus pandemic has been a fresh wave of interest in literary plagues. Sales of Albert Camus’s novel, “La Peste”, in which a doctor’s resistance to an epidemic in Algeria ...