The novel “The Leopard” is one of the books that had great success not only in Italy, but also in France, England and the USA. The novel “The Leopard” was published after the death of its author, who was not a professional writer. Prince Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, an old aristocrat, was a representative of one of the most noble and ancient families of Sicily. The relevance of the novel lies in the problem at the center of the book. This is the liberation of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, carried out by Giuseppe Garibaldi and his army of volunteers (the "Garibaldi Thousand"). It led to the founding of a single Italian kingdom, which arose through the union of the southern provinces with the provinces of Northern and Central Italy.