The Leopard

ISBN 978-1-86478-042-0

The smartstudy® English guide to The Leopard examines the tale of Fabrizio, Prince of Salina, who in 1860 is the last of his aristocratic line, watching and waiting in his Sicilian acres as Garibaldi's landing heralds the beginning of a new order. The Leopard traces the fortunes of Prince Fabrizio and his noble Sicilian family through the turbulent times of the Risorgimento (the process of the unification of Italy) when Garibaldi landed at Marsala, in Sicily in 1860 with his thousand ‘Red Shirts’ and within three weeks had taken Palermo and the island. It is a story of nobility in retreat, struggling to maintain their standards as their estates, already diminished are threatened still further.

Key Features:

• notes about the author/director/poet/playwright
• an overview of the historical and cultural context
• chapter/scene/story summaries
• character profiles
• analysis of themes and genres
• critical perspectives of the text
• key quotations
• focus questions in each section
• marginal notes explaining key passages, ideas, terms and characters
• a guide to planning and writing an essay
• a sample essay with annotations
• further exam-style essay questions
• a bibliography and further reading section

$16.95

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