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100 1 0 _aTomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe
_c1896-1957
240 0 0 _aGattopardo
_rEnglish
245 1 0 _aThe leopard
_eGiuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
_etranslated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun
_ewith a foreword and afterword by Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi
_eforeword and appendix translated from the Italian by Guido Waldman
247 0 0 _aThis ed. of this translation originally published: London Collins Harvill, 1960
250 0 0 _aRev. ed
260 0 0 _bVintage
_c2007
306 0 0 _axxxii, 230 p.
_c20 cm
_epbk
358 0 0 _b20070930
365 0 0 _a8.99
490 0 0 _aVintage classics
520 0 0 _aLampedusa's masterpiece is set amongst an aristocratic family facing social and political changes in the wake of Garibaldi's invasion of Sicily in 1860. At the head of the family is the prince, Don Fabrizio. Proud and stubborn, he is accustomed to knowing his own place in the world and expects his household to be run accordingly.
650 0 0 _aAristocracy (Social class)
_zItaly
_zSicily
_vFiction
651 0 0 _aSicily (Italy)
_xHistory
_y1815-1870
_vFiction
700 1 0 _aColquhoun, Archibald
700 1 0 _aLanza Tomasi, Gioacchino
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