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The Betrothed

by Alessandro Manzoni

Fiction, historicalItaly, fictionPeasantsFictionHistorySocial conditionsItalian fictionPlague

Renzo and Lucia fly from the villainous Don Rodrigo and are separated. Their flight takes them out of their peaceful village life into turbulent history; violent bread riots in Milan, the ravages of the 30 years war, famine, and finally the plague, with all its attendant horrors.

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Book data: Open Library