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    The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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    Unlock the more straightforward side of The Leopard with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!

    This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, which tells the story of the Salina family and their changing place in Sicilian society. The novel presents a sharply critical view of 19th century Sicilian society and, with the help of historical events and figures, charts the fall of the aristocracy and the rise of the bourgeoisie. First released in 1958, The Leopard had a long road to success: it was rejected by two major publishing companies before eventually being published. The author, Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, was born in Palermo in 1896 to an aristocratic family. His first and only novel, The Leopard, was not published until after his death, and so he never saw its success and eventual status as the top-selling novel in Italian history.   

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateNov 9, 2016
    ISBN9782806294876
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      The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      Italian novelist and short story writer

      Born in Palermo (Sicily) in 1896.

      Died in Rome in 1957.

      Notable works:

      The Professor and the Siren (1961), novella

      Le Lezioni su Stendhal [Lessons on Stenhal] (1977), essay

      Byron (2010), essay

      Giuseppe Maria Fabrizio Salvatore Stefano Vittorio Tomasi, Prince of Lampedusa, Duke of Palma di Montechiaro and a member of the Sicilian aristocracy, finished writing The Leopard, his only novel, just before he passed away. He is also the author of several literary studies, including one on Stendhal (French writer, 1783-1842).

      He was a military man more than anything else, serving as a lieutenant in both World Wars. In 1932, he married Alessandra Wolff-Stomersee (1894-1982), a psychoanalyst from St Petersburg.

      Lampedusa died in a hotel in Palermo, just like the hero of his novel, without ever seeing his only novel published.

      Sicily, passion and melancholy

      Genre: historical novel

      Reference edition: Tomasi, G. (2007) The Leopard. Trans. Colquhoun, A. New York: Pantheon.

      1st edition: 1960 (Original work published in Italy in 1958)

      Themes: Italian history, aristocracy, decline, death, solitude, ambition

      The Leopard tells the story of the fall of a noble family and, through it, the fate of the entire Sicilian aristocracy during the Risorgimento (‘resurgence’ or ‘revival’ in Italian, a term used to describe the ideological and political movement which passed through Italy during the first half of the 19th century and culminated in the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861). Although primarily a historical novel, the book also has an autobiographical aspect

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