Book Club - Wednesday 29th April - 8pm The Noble - The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

edited March 2015 in StroudGreen Book Club
<div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">New members always welcome! </span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">SUMMARY: </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Set in the 1860s, </span><i style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Leopard</i><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution. The dramatic sweep and richness of observation, the seamless intertwining of public and private worlds, and the grasp of human frailty imbue</span><i style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> The Leopard</i><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> with its particular melancholy beauty and power, and place it among the greatest historical novels of our time.</span></div>

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