The Betrothed - Alessandro Manzoni - World’s Best Novels
The Betrothed is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in three volumes, and significantly revised and rewritten until the definitive version published between 1840 and 1842. It has been called the most famous and widely read novel in the Italian language.
Renzo and Lucia, a couple living in a village in Lombardy, near Lecco, on Lake Como, are planning to wed. The parish priest, don Abbondio, is walking home on the eve of the wedding when he is accosted by two “bravi“ (thugs) who warn him not to perform the marriage, because the local baron (Don Rodrigo) has forbidden it.
Originally Broadcast in two parts
5/16/1947
5/23/1947
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