The Leopard (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1860-1910
- Setting: Sicily
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Tradition, Politics, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Politicians, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Italy or Italians, Princes or princesses
- Locales: Sicily, Italy, Palermo, Italy
Characters Discussed
Don Fabrizio Corbera (fah- BREEZ-zee-oh kohr-BEH-rah), the prince of Salina, around whom the novel and its themes revolve. Fabrizio represents the old Sicilian aristocracy, which, as the story begins, is under siege. The Italian Risorgimento, the movement for Italian unity, is about to defeat the Bourbon monarchy that controls Naples and Sicily. By 1870, ten years after the novel’s story begins, Italy is one kingdom, with Rome as its capital. Fabrizio, who is forty-five years old as the story begins, looks on his advancing age and the passing old order of...
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