Love. Of course, love. Flames for a year, ashes for thirty.

Giuseppe di Lampedusa

The Leopard

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Topic

Love

Author

Giuseppe di Lampedusa

Source

The Leopard

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Italian

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi. Il Gattopard [The Leopard]. Feltrinelli, 1958, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Lampedusa, Giuseppe. The Leopard, translated by Archibald Colquhoun. Pantheon, 2007, ch. 2.

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Time
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