The Leopard

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa · 1958 CE · Novel · Italian · Contemporary

In 1860 Sicily, Prince Fabrizio watches Garibaldi land while his nephew leaves to join the revolutionaries. A marriage between that nephew and a mayor's daughter puts new money within reach of the old name. He calculates precisely how much must change for everything to stay as it is.

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• influenced by ↑ The Charterhouse of Parma
  Stendhal · 1839 CE · Novel
• ↓ The Leopard
  Luchino Visconti · 1963 CE · Film — adapts this

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