Corinne; ou, l'Italie

Nouvelle édition revue avec soin et précédée d'observations par Mme Necker de Saussure et M. Sainte-Beuve de l'Académie française

by Madame de Staël

With contributions by Albertine-Adrienne Necker de Saussure · With contributions by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

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"Corinne; ou, l'Italie" by Madame de Staël is a novel published in 1807. It tells the love story between Corinne, a celebrated Italian poetess, and Lord Oswald Nelvil, a melancholic Scottish nobleman traveling through Italy. As Corinne guides Oswald through Rome's monuments and culture, their growing attraction confronts the tension between Italian freedom and English propriety. Both harbor mysterious reasons for resisting their feelings, setting the stage for a romance shadowed by secrets and conflicting worlds.

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