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This two-volume work was originally published in French, and
anonymously, in 1868. In 1869, Richard Bentley published an English
translation by Hubert E. H. Jerningham, in which he stated that the
work 'is the production of the celebrated Countess Guiccioli'.
Teresa Guiccioli (1800-73) was nineteen, and married to a much
older man, when she first met Byron in Venice. Their subsequent
love affair lasted until Byron left for Greece, together with her
brother Pietro Gamba, whose account of Byron's last days is also
reissued in this series. Anxious to restore Byron's reputation,
which she believed to be tainted by a conflation in the public mind
between the poet and his more notorious characters, she attempts to
refute some of the more scandalous assertions about his life.
Volume 1 covers such topics as Byron's childhood, his 'benevolence
and kindness', and the 'qualities of his heart and soul'.
This two-volume work was originally published in French, and
anonymously, in 1868. In 1869, Richard Bentley published an English
translation by Hubert E. H. Jerningham, in which he stated that the
work 'is the production of the celebrated Countess Guiccioli'.
Teresa Guiccioli (1800-73) was nineteen, and married to a much
older man, when she first met Byron in Venice. Their subsequent
love affair lasted until Byron left for Greece, together with her
brother Pietro Gamba, whose account of Byron's last days is also
reissued in this series. Anxious to restore Byron's reputation,
which she believed to be tainted by a conflation in the public mind
between the poet and his more notorious characters, she attempts to
refute some of the more scandalous assertions about his life.
Volume 2 continues to describe Byron's qualities: his generosity,
courage and modesty, but also his faults, including vanity and
misanthropy.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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