Natalino Sapegno Livres

Béatrice est morte dans l'éclat de sa jeunesse. Le narrateur, qui l'aimait passionnément, espère la retrouver au Paradis, où elle siège parmi les bienheureux. Pour y parvenir, il doit traverser l'Enfer et le Purgatoire... C'est à ce voyage dans l'au-delà que nous convie Dante avec La Divine Comédie. Empruntant à la mythologie antique et à l'imaginaire populaire du Moyen Age, ce récit à la fois prophétique et philosophique constitue l'un des monuments de la littérature occidentale.

“The great plague novel.” —The New Yorker Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, The Betrothed tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desires Lucia for himself. Forced to flee, they are then cruelly separated, and must face many dangers including plague, famine and imprisonment, and confront a variety of strange characters—the mysterious Nun of Monza, the fiery Father Cristoforo and the sinister "Unnamed"—in their struggle to be reunited. A vigorous portrayal of enduring passion, The Betrothed's exploration of love, power, and faith presents a whirling panorama of seventeenth-century Italian life and is one of the greatest European historical novels. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.