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The Leopard

A Novel

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The Leopard

Auteur(s): Giuseppe di Lampedusa, Archibald Colquhuon - translator
Narrateur(s): Paul Woodson
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Set in the 1860s, The Leopard tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution. The dramatic sweep and richness of observation, the seamless intertwining of public and private worlds, and the grasp of human frailty imbue The Leopard with its particular melancholy beauty and power, and place it among the greatest historical novels of our time.

Although Giuseppe di Lampedusa had long had the book in mind, he began writing it only in his late fifties; he died at age sixty, soon after the manuscript was rejected as unpublishable. In his introduction, Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, Lampedusa's nephew, gives us a detailed history of the initial publication and the various editions that followed. And he includes passages Lampedusa wrote for the book that were omitted by the original Italian editors.

Here, finally, is the definitive edition of this brilliant and timeless novel.

©1960 William Collins & Co. Ltd. and Random House, Inc.; copyright renewed 1988 by William Collins PLC and Random House, Inc.; translation of foreword and appendix copyright 2007 by Guido Waldman (P)2022 Tantor Classiques Fiction de genre Fiction littéraire Historique
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I did not know what to expect from this book. The Economist recommended it. As a topic, the end of feudalism was not something I care much about. But I decided to expand my horizons. The writing is marvelous: full of sly humor, well-picked details and anecdotes. The writer’s amusement at characters’ political pursuits reminded me of Tolstoy. The performance was excellent. A great choice if you want to get lost in an old fashioned novel.

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