Manzoni, A: I Promessi Sposi -

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Excerpt from I Promessi Sposi: Storia Milanese del Secolo XVII Scoperta e Rifatta; Chapters I-VIII

Alessandro Manzoni was born on the 7th of March, 1785, in Milan. His early childhood was spent partly in that city and partly at the family homestead near Lecco. He had his school ing at Merate, Lugano, and Milan. From 1805 to 1807 he lived in Paris. In 1807 be returned to Milan, and there, in 1808, he married Henriette Blondel, a daughter of Genevan parents. After another residence of two years in Paris be returned again to Milan, and there he lived throughout the rest of his long life. He owned a house in the city itself, and a villa at Brusuglio, three miles from the city walls. In 1833 bis wife died. In 1837 he married Teresa Borri, who died in 1861. In 1860 he was appointed Senator. He died on the 22d of May, 1873.

Manzoni was primarily 3. Christian, secondari a patriot and a man of letters. During his residence in Paris he had yielded to the prevalent religious indifference, but in 1810 he became convinced of the verity of the Catholic faith, and thereafter remained its reverent votary and loyal champion. The half century following his establishment at Milan was the period of the long aghation which resulted in the liberation and the uni fication of Italy. Manzoni followed the struggle with intense concern for its success, and did not hesitate, when occasion called, to sign himself among the patn'ots. Lover of peace though he was, he felt the appeal to arms a just and necessary one. In the actual fighting, however, he took no part.

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