The betrothed

Book • 1937

Mentioned by

Mentioned by

Tyler Cowen

in the context of discussing the relationship between 19th-century novels and liberalism.

Recommended by

Jonathan Czin

, set during the 30 Years' War, in a small town in Northern Italy.

Mentioned by

Simon Schama

as a book about the plague in Milan.

Mentioned as the next book to be covered on Close Reads HQ after Mansfield Park.

Mentioned by

Orhan Pamuk

as another great plague novel, highlighting its realistic depiction of the 1665 Milan plague.

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