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If the greatest masterpiece of Italian literature, Dante’s Divine Comedy, could realistically be acclaimed as the greatest poem ever written, the other great masterpiece of Italian literature, The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) by Alessandro Manzoni, could be acclaimed as the greatest ever novel. This latter claim will come as a surprise to those who might not even have heard of Manzoni’s classic work. And yet, in…