The Betrothed, in 10 Minutes

I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed), considered the first example of the modern novel in Italian (though the language is a bit antiquated today), is a story every educated Italian knows well, in part because they study it in school. We heard a lot about it in Lecco in particular because its author, Alessandro Manzoni, was the town’s most famous native son, and much of the action of the book takes place around Lecco and other parts of the Lake Como region, and in Milan.

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