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Mar 30– From I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed) by Alesandro Manzoni (1827)
Summary: The plague comes to Milan.
Commentary: This is the second excerpt we've gotten from this book, and I still don't feel like I have a good handle on it. This section was interesting. The descriptions of all the individuals, when they got the plague, etc. It's almost like a Resident Evil log or something. I wonder what will become the "canonical" novel, movie, whatever about Covid in 100 years. Also, people being idiots during a plague was a thing hundreds of years ago. History repeats. It's kind of darkly comforting.
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