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Il Gattopardo

A good introduction to Italian literature from and about the unification of Italy is “Il Gattopardo” (the Leopard), a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa which talks about the changes in Sicilian life and society during the Risorgimento.
Il Gattopardo tells the story of Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, a 19th century Sicilian nobleman during [...]