I Opere di Alessando Manzoni, vol. 1 Manzoni, Alessandro 1785-1873 creator text utu 2014 monographic it 1 online resource : multiple file formats "I promessi sposi" by Alessandro Manzoni is a historical novel first published between 1825 and 1827. Set in Spanish-ruled Lombardy from 1628 to 1630, it follows humble protagonists through a turbulent era marked by plague and oppression. Based on rigorous historical research, including archive documents about the nun of Monza and the 1630 plague, it became Italy's most representative Romantic work and a cornerstone of modern Italian literature, breaking tradition by centering common people rather than the powerful. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_promessi_sposi Release date is 2014-04-06 Produced by Giovanni Fini and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Original publication data not identified Historical fiction Plague -- Fiction Milan (Italy) -- Fiction Italy -- History -- 1559-1789 -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45334 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45334 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134036.0 45334