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Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Born

in Palermo, Sicily, Italy

December 23, 1896

Died

July 23, 1957

Website

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Genre

Fiction, Memoir

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Tomasi was born in Palermo to Giulio Maria Tomasi, Prince of Lampedusa and Duke of Palma di Montechiaro, and Beatrice Mastrogiovanni Tasca Filangieri di Cutò. He became an only child after the death (from diphtheria) of his sister. He was very close to his mother, a strong personality who influenced him a great deal, especially because his father was rather cold and detached. As a child he studied in their grand house in Palermo with a tutor (including the subjects of literature and English), with his mother (who taught him French), and with a grandmother who read him the novels of Emilio Salgari. In the little theater of the house in Santa Margherita di Belice, where he spent long vacations, he first saw a performance of Shakespeare's Haml ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 49,749 ratings · 4,420 reviews · 56 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Leopard 4.01 avg rating — 46,867 ratings — published 1958 — 524 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Professor and the Siren by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Stephen Twilley (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 1,456 ratings — published 1957 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Places of My Infancy: A Memory 3.65 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Stories and a Memory by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, E.M. Forster (Introduction) 3.74 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1962 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters from London and Europe (1925-30) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, J.G. Nichols (Translator), Antonio Carluccio (Foreword) 3.36 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Leopard 4.24 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1958 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De Tijgerkat, Herinneringen aan mijn jeugd en andere verhalen by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Anthonie Kee (Translator), Yond Boeke (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 38 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shakespeare 3.76 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Byron 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lighea by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tornatore (Narrator), Jasmine Trinca (Narrator) 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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April 2015 New School Classic Group Read

What book should we read for our April 2015 New School Classic group read?

1920, The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, 305 pages

12 votes, 25.5%

1982, Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally, 429 pages

7 votes, 14.9%

1957, The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, 320 pages

5 votes, 10.6%

1939, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, 264 pages

5 votes, 10.6%

1954, 100 Selected Poems by E.E. Cummings, 128 pages

4 votes, 8.5%

1952, Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, 236 pages

3 votes, 6.4%

1931, Light in August by William Faulkner, 507 pages

3 votes, 6.4%

1903, The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler, 320 pages

2 votes, 4.3%

1988, Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler, 350 pages

2 votes, 4.3%

1949, The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles, 342 pages

2 votes, 4.3%

1921, The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer, 274 pages

1 vote, 2.1%

1996, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, 432 pages

1 vote, 2.1%

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