The Story of Ernestine (Paperback)

Set in prerevolutionary France, The Story of Ernestine tells of the love between an innocent young woman and an aristocrat. Ernestine, German-born and orphaned, is an apprentice painter putting the finishing touches on a portrait when the marquis de Clemengis, elegant and handsome, enters the studio. Recognizing him as the subject of the portrait, she gestures for him to be seated and goes on working, looking back and forth between him and his likeness. The world-weary aristocrat is smitten. In graceful, understated prose, Marie Riccoboni shows how her heroine learns to negotiate questions of honor and appearances and to find a precarious balance between economic security and the potentially compromising nature of male generosity. The story raises questions about sexual enlightenment and social prejudice and reexamines the links of money, reputation, and marriageability that preoccupied eighteenth-century writers.

General

Imprint:	Modern Language Association of America
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	MLA Texts and Translations
Release date:	1998
First published:	December 1998
Translators:	Joan Hinde Stewart
Dimensions:	215 x 140 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	114
ISBN-13:	978-0-87352-786-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	0-87352-786-0
Barcode:	9780873527866

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