Biography

Alessandro Manzoni is one of Italy's most famous writer. His historical novel, I promessi sposi (The Betrothed), is one of the first written in Italy, somehow influenced by Walter Scott. He wrote three different versions of the novel, and for each he improved the use of the language in order to find a form that would not be too local, thus he is considered one of the fathers of modern Italian.
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