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1、THELEOPARDGuiseppeDiLampedusaCopyright,1960ABOUTTHEAUTHORBorninPalermoin1896,GiuseppediLampedusawasacosmopolitanSicilianprincewhomarriedaBalticnoblewomanandhadlivedinLondonandParis,butwhoneverthelesswastiedstronglytotheislandofhisbirth.Heknewseverallanguages
2、wellandhadreadintheoriginalthebestofallEuropeanliterature.InhispalaceinPalermohemetregularlywithagroupofyoungfriendstostudyFrenchliterature,and,tothelast,hisdayswerespentinreadingsanddiscussionswithhiswifeandfriends.Fortwenty-fiveyearsLampedusameditatedanove
3、lbasedonthefigureofhispaternalgreat-grandfatherandsetinSicilyduringtheGaribaldianera.Yethewassixtybeforehefinallybegantowriteit,andhecompleteditonlyafewmonthsbeforehisdeath.Shortlybeforehediedin1957,hewastoldbyanItalianeditorthathisnovelwasunpublishable.Itwa
4、snotuntilmanymonthslaterthatanunsignedcopyofhismanuscriptreachedanenthusiasticeditor,whosepromptinquiriesbroughttolightthestorybehindtheprincewhoneverpublishedanythinginhislifetime,butleftamasterpieceafterhisdeath.HISTORICALNOTEThisbookopenswhentheBourbonsta
5、teofNaplesandSicily,calledtheKingdomoftheTwoSicilies,wasabouttoend.KingFerdinandII("Bomba")hadjustdied;andthewholeItalianpeninsulawouldsoonbeonestateforthefirsttimesincethefalloftheRomanEmpire.TheRisorgimento,asthismovementforunificationcametobeknown,hadbeen
6、gatheringstrengthsincetheoccupationoftheNorthbytheAustriansaftertheNapoleonicWars,andhadalreadycometoaheadonce,in1848LeadershiphadnowfallenmainlytoPiedmont,thesocalledKingdomofSardinia,ruledfromTurinbyVictorEmmanuelofSavoy,withCavourashisPrimeMinister.Earlyi
7、nMay,186o,thepopularheroGaribaldi,actingagainstCavour'swishes,sailedfromnearGenoawithathousandvolunteersforSicily,towintheislandfromtheBourbons.TheRedshirts,or"Garibaldini,"landedatMarsala,defeatedtheBourbontroopsatCalatafimi,andwithinthreeweekshadoccupiedth
8、ecapital,Palermo.Garibaldi,hailedas"Dictator"ofSicily,gatheredmorevolunteers,crossedtothemainland,sweptupthecoast,andenteredNaplesintriumph.ThatautumntheBourbonarmiesweredefeatedontheVolturno,th
