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Archive for December 16th, 2008

Book note: I Promessi Sposi, by Alessandro Manzoni

Posted by: kathrynjudson on: December 16, 2008

So, I was reading along in Ironies of Faith, continuing to be by turns enchanted and exasperated (not my cup of tea, literary criticism, but I really appreciate the lessons and commentary on Christian belief sprinkled throughout this book), when author Anthony Esolen began to discuss an Italian novel from the 1800s called I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed in [...]


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