In its first modern translation, a novel-cum-memoir of a Frenchman's erotic awakening in Italy by a preeminent writer of the Romantic period In 1812 Alphonse de Lamartine, a young man of means, traveled through southern Italy, where, during a sojourn in Naples, he fell in love with a young woman who worked in a cigar factory--and whose death after he returned to France would haunt him throughout his writing life. Graziella, Lamartine called this lost girl in his poetry and memoirs--and also in Graziella , a novel ...
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In its first modern translation, a novel-cum-memoir of a Frenchman's erotic awakening in Italy by a preeminent writer of the Romantic period In 1812 Alphonse de Lamartine, a young man of means, traveled through southern Italy, where, during a sojourn in Naples, he fell in love with a young woman who worked in a cigar factory--and whose death after he returned to France would haunt him throughout his writing life. Graziella, Lamartine called this lost girl in his poetry and memoirs--and also in Graziella , a novel that closely follows the story of his own romance. "When I was eighteen," the narrator begins, as if penning his memoir, "my family entrusted me to the care of a relative whose business affairs called her to Tuscany." The tale that unfolds, of the young man's amorous experiences amid the natural grandeur and subtle splendors of the Italian countryside, is one of the finest works of fiction in the French Romantic tradition, a bildungsroman that is also a melancholy portrait of the artist as a young man discovering the muse who would both inspire and elude him. Remarkable for its contemplative prose, its dreamy passions and seductive drawing of the Italian landscape, and its place in the Romantic canon, Graziella is a timeless portrait of love, chronicling the remorse and the misguided ideals of youth that find their expression, if not their amends, in art.
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Add this copy of Graziella to cart. $15.51, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1879 by Hachette.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Brown clothbound octavo hardback. Leather label on backstrip, with gilt lettering, Page edges have decorative red speckling. Foxing present throughout, with pages slightly darkened with age. Pages are in good, clean condition overall. Text is clear and legible. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 350grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of Graziella to cart. $17.80, new condition, Sold by Books2anywhere rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2022 by LEGARE STREET PR.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Add this copy of Graziella to cart. $32.18, new condition, Sold by Books2anywhere rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2022 by LEGARE STREET PR.
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Add this copy of Graziella to cart. $81.77, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1929 by The Nonesuch Press.
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Jacquier. Very Good Indeed. A charmingly bound limited English edition of this novel from French author Alphonse de Lamartine. The first thus of this illustrated English translation, limited to 1, 600 copies. This copy is number 371. Â In the publisher's original decorative cloth. Â With thirty illustrations by Jacquier, including a coloured frontispiece. Collated, complete. Â 'Graziella' was originally published in 1852 and tells of a young French man who falls for a fisherman's granddaughter during a trip to Naples. The novel, which was written by French author Alphonse de Lamartine, was originally written as a journal and was inspired by his experiences with a tobacco-leaf folder while in Naples in the early 1810sThis edition is translated by Ralph Wright. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with slight discolouration to the spine title label, and minor bumping to the spine head and tail. Bookplate of one John Gray to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. With only the odd spot to the endpapers, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed.
Add this copy of Graziella to cart. $98.83, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1926 by Librairie Des Bibliophiles E Flammarion.
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Librairie Des Bibliophiles E Flammarion
Published:
1926
Alibris ID:
17703790333
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None. Very Good Indeed. A smart copy of this famous novel by Alphonse de Lamartine, in the original French language. French language. Illustrated with frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. During a trip to Naples, a young French man falls for a fisherman's granddaughter. They are separated when he must return to France and soon after she passes away. The novel is based on the author's own experience with a tobacco-leaf folder in the early 1810s. With the author's poem "Le Premier Regret" to the rear of the text. Written by Alphonse de Lamartine, a French author, poet, and statesman considered instrumental in the foundation of the French Second Republic. Bound in quarter crushed morocco with patterned boards. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning. Very Good Indeed.
Add this copy of Graziella to cart. $203.83, like new condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published by Librairie Des Bibliophiles E Flammarion.
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None. Fine. A lovely copy of this famous novel. 'Graziella' tells the tale of a young French man who falls for a fisherman's granddaughter, Graziella. They are separated when the man has to leave Naples and return to France. The girl soon dies. The novel is based on Lamartine's experiences with a tobacco-leaf folder whilst in Naples. It was first written as a journal and intended to be a commentary for his poem 'Le Premier Regret'. In the original French. Undated, dated using Copac. Alphonse de Lamartine was a French writer, poet and politician. He was important in the foundation of the Second Republic of France and the continuation of the Tricolore flag. In a quarter morocco binding with marbled paper boards. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Prior owner's inscription to the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned. Occasional spots to pages. Fine.
Add this copy of Graziella: A37085 (Folio (Gallimard)) to cart. $5.10, very good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1981 by Gallimard.
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Add this copy of Graziella to cart. $13.90, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
