The Human Comedy of ‘The Betrothed’
Reviewing Alessandro Manzoni’s Beloved Italian Classic
Somewhere I heard someone say Alessandro Manzoni’s The Betrothed is to Italian literature what Shakespeare is to English. Such statements will either make your eyes roll or your index finger click “add to cart.” You can guess what I did.
The timing coincided with the release of a new English translation by Michael F. Moore in 2022—widely reviewed, eagerl…
