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He is most famous for his only novel, il gattopardo first published. Garibaldi led a minor revolution which the novel portrays as a. The leopard quotes by giuseppe tomasi di lampedusapage 2. Its rather like saying, i saw this great play last night. The leopard by giuseppe tomasi di lampedusa memoranda. The leopard is a novel by giuseppe tomasi di lampedusa that chronicles the changes in sicilian life and society during the risorgimento. The leopard by giuseppe tomasi di lampedusa, archibald. Six hundred words is my quota for this piece, but the leopard by giuseppe tomasi di lampedusa is a book on whose merits i could happily write 6,000.
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