Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
230
Language
English
Published
Sep 6, 2007
Publisher
Vintage Classics
ISBN-10
0099512157
ISBN-13
9780099512158
Description
The Leopard is a modern classic which tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution.
In the spring of 1860, Fabrizio, the charismatic Prince of Salina, still rules over thousands of acres and hundreds of people, including his own numerous family, in mingled splendour and squalor. Then comes Garibaldi's landing in Sicily and the Prince must decide whether to resist the forces of change or come to terms with them.
'Perhaps the greatest novel of the century' - L.P. Hartley
In the spring of 1860, Fabrizio, the charismatic Prince of Salina, still rules over thousands of acres and hundreds of people, including his own numerous family, in mingled splendour and squalor. Then comes Garibaldi's landing in Sicily and the Prince must decide whether to resist the forces of change or come to terms with them.
'Perhaps the greatest novel of the century' - L.P. Hartley
Genres
Science Fiction
Science & Technology
History
Business & Economics