The Leopard reading schedule
start here!
pages 1 to 7, up to the line “anxious to show it had forgiven the silly interruption of a fine job of work.”
pages 7 to 18, up to the line “Towards dawn, however, the Princess had occasion to make the sign of the Cross.”
pages 18 to 34, up to the line “Salve regina, Mater misericordiae” at the end of the of the chapter.
pages 35 to 44, up to the line “and from that moment, invisibly, began the decline of his prestige.”
pages 45 to 55, up to the line “and with these words the haughty noble to whom rain would only be a personal nuisance showed himself a brother to his roughest peasants.”
pages 55 to 66, up to the line “He sidestepped a sword-waving urchin, carefully avoided a urinating mule, and reached the Sedàra’s door” at the end of the chapter.
pages 67 to 82, up to the line “By eight o’clock all was over, and nothing remained except darkness as on any other night, always.”
pages 83 to 101, up to the line “She was embroidering and, not hearing her father’s steps, did not even turn” at the end of the chapter.
pages 102 to 128, up to the line “We’ve been bears here for long enough.”
pages 128 to 143, up to the line “He looked out; in front of him, under the ashen light, the landscape lurched to and fro, irredeemable” at the end of the chapter.
upcoming:
November 23th, 2024: The Leopard Chapter V
pages 144 to 161, up to the line “or are you really in such a rush?” at the end of the chapter.
November 30th, 2024: The Leopard Chapter VI
pages 162 to 182, up to the line “When would she decide to give him an appointment less ephemeral, far from stumps and blood, in her own region of perennial certitude?” at the end of the chapter.
December 14th, 2024: The Leopard Chapter VII
pages 183 to 193, up to the line “The crashing of the sea subsided altogether” at the end of the chapter.
December 21st, 2024: The Leopard Chapter VIII
pages 194 to 212, up to the line “Then all found peace in a little heap of livid dust.” at the end of the book.