The Betrothed (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781546905943)

But there is another point of view under which we must consider novels, or rather the works so called, but which bear, to those which morals and good taste reprobate, no other resemblance than the name. These are, it is true, unhappily few in number, and therefore have not been classed by themselves, but have been comprehended in the common appellation, and included in the general proscription; like an honest man, who, bearing the same name as a rogue, partakes with him the odium of his reputation. But this is an injustice for which we are disposed to claim reparation. Every work of imagination, in which the author causes ideal personages to speak, think, and act, according to his pleasure, has been stigmatised as a Novel. But, if we allow this rigorous definition, the apologue, so dear to the moralist, is a Novel, and deserving of proscription.

Author: Count Daniel O'Mahony, Alessandro Manzoni
ISBN-10: 1546905944
ISBN-13: 9781546905943
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/17/2017
Pages: 442
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.90d