From the intro: "THE story of Graziella is a leaf torn from the personal memoires of the famous French historian, poet and orator who wrote it, -brightened by his smiles and moistened with his tears. Had it not been for Graziella, "Les Confidences" of Lamartine might never have been published. Many years after this Italian romance of his youth as late as 1843 Lamartine went into retreat on the island of Ischia to write his "History of the Girondists."...
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