The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

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A classic of modern fiction. Set in the 1860s, THE LEOPARD is the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution.

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Memorable Quotes

“Unless we ourselves take a hand now, they'll foist a Republic on us. If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change. p.22”
Tancredi
“While there's death there's hope. p.53”
The Prince
“I am most grateful to the Goverment for having thought of me for the Senate and I ask you to express my most sincere gratitude to them, But I cannot accept. I am a member of the old ruling class, inevitably compromised with the Bourbon regieme, and bound to it by chains of decency if not of affection. I belong to an unlucky generation, swung between the old world and the new, and I find myself ill at ease in both. p.133”
The Prince
“You see, Don Pietrino, the "nobles", as you call them, aren't as easy to understand. They live in a world of their own, created not directly by God, but by themselves during centuries of highly specialised experiences, of their own worries and joys; they have a very strong collective memory, so they're put out or pleased by things which wouldn't matter to you and me, but which to them seem vitally connected with their heritage of memories, hopes caste fears. p.143”
Father Pirrone
“We were the Leopards and Lions; those who'll take our place will be little jackals, hyenas; and the whole lot of us, Leopards, jackals and sheep, we'll go on thinking ourselves the salt of the earth. p.137”
The Prince

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First Sentence

The daily recital of the Rosary was over.

1. Introduction to the Prince <May, 1860>
2. Donnafugata <August, 1860>
3. The Troubles of Don Fabrizio <October, 1860>
4. Love at Donnafugata <November. 1860>
5. Father Pirrone Pays a Visit <February, 1861>
6. A Ball <November, 1862>
7. Death of a Prince <July 1883>
8. Relics <May, 1910>