The Betrothed

E828108

Italian novel novel

The Betrothed is a 19th-century historical novel by Italian writer Alessandro Manzoni, widely regarded as a masterpiece of Italian literature and a foundational work of the modern Italian language.

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I promessi sposi	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	I promessi sposi: Storia milanese del secolo XVII NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Alessandro Manzoni NERFINISHED ⓘ
considered	foundational work of modern Italian language ⓘ masterpiece of Italian literature ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
firstPublished	1827 ⓘ
genre	historical fiction ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation	The Betrothed (1941 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Betrothed (1964 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Betrothed (1989 TV miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ various opera adaptations ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy	Francesco Gonin NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	development of modern standard Italian ⓘ
literaryMovement	Romanticism ⓘ
mainCharacter	Cardinal Federigo Borromeo NERFINISHED ⓘ Don Abbondio NERFINISHED ⓘ Don Rodrigo NERFINISHED ⓘ Fra Cristoforo NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucia Mondella NERFINISHED ⓘ L’Innominato NERFINISHED ⓘ Renzo Tramaglino NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person omniscient ⓘ
notableFor	integration of historical events with fictional narrative ⓘ realistic depiction of 17th-century Lombard society ⓘ
originalLanguage	Italian ⓘ
originalTitle	I promessi sposi NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationCentury	19th century ⓘ
publisherOfFirstCompleteEdition	Ferrario, Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ
revisedEditionPublished	1840 ⓘ 1842 ⓘ
setDuringEvent	Italian plague of 1629–1631 NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInCountry	Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	17th century ⓘ
setInRegion	Lombardy NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInYears	1628–1630 ⓘ
settingCity	Lecco NERFINISHED ⓘ Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure	38 chapters ⓘ
theme	Providence NERFINISHED ⓘ abuse of power ⓘ faith ⓘ plague and suffering ⓘ social injustice ⓘ
timeOfAction	Spanish rule in Lombardy ⓘ

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