The Betrothed, by Alessandro Manzoni 35155 [Author: Critical remarks by Count O'Mahony] [Subtitle: From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni] [This is the first work of Alessandro Manzoni to be added to the PG library. Manzoni is considered one of the great Italian writers, and this book is generally considered his masterpiece. Verdi composed his Requiem to honor Manzoni's memory.] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/3/5/1/5/35155 ] [Files: 35155.txt; 35155-8.txt; 35155-h.htm; ] [Clearance: 20090127095212manzoni] E-text prepared by Emanuela Piasentini, Barbara Magni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto) Thanks, Joe Loewenstein