The leopard
Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe, 1896-19572007
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Lampedusa's masterpiece is set amongst an aristocratic family facing social and political changes in the wake of Garibaldi's invasion of Sicily in 1860. At the head of the family is the prince, Don Fabrizio. Proud and stubborn, he is accustomed to knowing his own place in the world and expects his household to be run accordingly.
Main title:
The leopard / Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa ; translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun ; with a foreword and afterword by Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi ; foreword and appendix translated from the Italian by Guido Waldman.
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2007.
Collation:
xxxii, 230 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
This ed. of this translation originally published: London Collins Harvill, 1960.
ISBN:
9780099512158 (pbk)
Dewey class:
853.912FClassics
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
1410695
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