Such an appraisal of its merit would certainly accord with the view of most Italians who are baffled by the relative lack of recognition that Manzoni’s magnum opus has received globally. And yet, in spite of the relative neglect it has suffered, it rivals Don Quixote, Pride and Prejudice, A Tale of Two Cities, War and Peace, The Brothers Karamazov and any other claimants to literary preeminence. This latter claim will come as a surprise to those who might not even have heard of Manzoni’s classic work. If the great masterpiece of Italian literature, Dante’s Divine Comedy, could realistically be acclaimed as the greatest poem ever written, the other great masterpiece of Italian literature, The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) by Alessandro Manzoni, could be acclaimed as the greatest ever novel.
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