The Leopard (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
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
- Principal Characters: Don Fabrizio Corbera, Tancredi Falconeri, Princess Maria Stella, Paolo, Francesco Paolo, Carolina, Concetta, Caterina, Don Calogero Sedàra, Angelica, Count Carlo Cavriaghi, Father Pirrone, The Cavaliere Aimone Chevalley di Monterzuolo
- 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
The Story:
In 1860, Sicily, a land reduced to political apathy by centuries of conquest and foreign rule, was being invaded by Giuseppe Garibaldi’s red-shirted volunteers. Don Fabrizio, prince of the ancient feudal house of Salina, waited to see whether Garibaldi was only another upstart adventurer or a patriot dedicated to the unification of Italy under il galantuomo, the Piedmontese king Victor Emmanuel. A tawny-haired man of passive disposition, great physical energy in the hunting field, strong sensual appetites, and some reputation as an amateur astronomer, the...
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