{"date":"November 15","id":"11-15","intro":["Food profiteering was as active in plague-stricken Milan 300 years ago as in modern times. Shops were stormed for food. Read how the Council strove heroically to fix fair rates."],"minutes":22,"readings":[{"author":"Alessandro Manzoni","end":460,"start":450,"volume":21,"work":"I Promessi Sposi"}],"slug":"november-15","status":"proofread","title":"Food Profiteers 300 Years Ago","url":"/harvard-classics/november-15/","words":4424}