A landmark in the history of European literature, 'I Promessi Sposi' is historically accurate (and meticulously researched), features excellent, wide-ranging characterisation, and is at times very funny.
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The Divine Comedy ~ Dante Alighieri
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Little Women ~ Louisa M. Alcott
An american classic and a superb read!
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The Things We Used to Say ~ Natalia Ginzburg
An autobiographical novel which spans the period from the rise of facism through World War II, in which the author's husband died at the hands of the Nazis. The book names names, the family members and political and cultural figures who were family friends and foes.
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Catch 22 ~ Joseph Heller
It is a novel full of irony and black humour about the absurdity of war.