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Tamara HalliburtonKOREANKOREAN_103_PAPERThe latter makes him read the letter in which Oswald's father analysed the characters of thetwo Edgermond girls and judged that of Lucile more appropriate to Oswald than that of Corinne: he feared that Corinne would never be able to be happy in England and would make Oswald move away from his homeland.Upset, Oswald sees Lady Edgermond and Lucile several times and ends up abandoning his intended marriage to Corinne, but without wanting to marry Lucile: he is determined to remain single for the moment.He continues to demand that Lady Edgermond recognise Corinne as her living daughter.=== Book XVII: Corinne in Scotland ===Oswald writes several times to Corinne, who senses his hesitation through his letters.Devoured by absence and anxiety, she ends up hastily embarking for England, sensing that this trip will bring her no comfort.She sees him several times in the company ofLady and Lucile Edgermond, first at the opera, then during a military parade.Oswald's looks at and attention to Lucile convince Corinne that he has forgotten her to the benefit of his sister and she begins to despair, especially since she does not wish to compete in love with her own younger sister, to whom she was practically a mother during her childhood.She places the ring that Oswald gave her in an envelope and writes only the words You are free in order to free him from any commitment to her, but she does not yet dare to give him the letter .Corinne follows Oswald to Scotland to the Edgermond estate, where Lady Edgermondis giving a ball which Oswald opens by dancing with Lucile.Mortified, Corinne is several times on the verge of showing herself to Oswald but never dares.She observes Lucile
meditating at their father's grave and decides to step aside in her favour.She has the letter containing the ring delivered to Oswald, entrusting it to a blind old man so that Oswald would not know that she had come to Scotland.Meanwhile, Oswald, without news of Corinne who has not written since her arrival in England, believes he has been forgotten and gradually falls in love with Lucile.=== Book XVIII: The stay in Florence ===Plunged into an abyss of grief, Corinne embarks for Italy and stays alone in Florence, where she is joined by her friend Prince Castel-Forte, who is unable to console her.She visits the monuments of Florence and the gallery where Michelangelo's sculptures are exhibited, but only sees it as additional fuel for her sadness.She despairs and her strength declines; she is no longer able to find her former artistic inspiration and only writes scattered, plaintive fragments.=== Book XIX: Oswald's return to Italy ===Oswald marries Lucile Edgermond, then leaves for the islands with his regiment where he distinguishes himself for four years by great bravery.In the meantime, Lucile gives birth to adaughter, Juliette, who looks a lot like Corinne.Oswald finally returns safely to Lucile, but they do not express their emotions and thoughts frankly towards each other.Oswald finds Lucile cold and distant, even though she loves him but has been educated to show little of her emotions.As Oswald encounters health problems, his doctors again advise him to take a trip to Italy, which Lucile accepts, much to Oswald's surprise.He cannot shake the desire to see Corinne again and the disturbing news he learns about her reinforces his conviction.During a visit to the Bologna Gallery, Lucile makes Oswald understand that she knows more than he thinks about his relationship with Corinne, and Oswald promises to never abandon her despite his remaining feelings for Corinne.=== Book XX: Conclusion ===Oswald learns from Prince Castel-Forte that Corinne is seriously ill.However, she refuses to see him, but asks to see their daughter.Corinne spends her last weeks instructing Juliette as if to pass on her talents in poetry, music, drawing and Italian.Exasperated by the influence
that Corinne maintains over Oswald and Juliette, Lucile goes to see her with the intention of ordering her to break all contact with them; but, won over by Corinne's superior temperament, Lucile concedes and the two sisters are reconciled.Corinne resolves to give a final poetic performance, no longer an improvisation since she no longer has the strength, but a song based on her latest writings.Oswald, Lucile and Juliette attend with emotion.Corinne dies shortly after.Oswald attends her funeral, then returns to live with Lucile.== Later influence ===== Literature ===Corinne influenced several later authors, including the British poet and essayist Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) and Felicia Hemans who included her poem, Corinna at the Capitol in The Literary Souvenir, 1827.In addition to her metrical translations of the odes for Isabel Hill's translation of the novel (first published 1833), Letitia Elizabeth Landon wrote the poem Corinne at the Cape of Misena for The Amulet, 1832.=== Painting ===Several paintings painted at the beginning of the 19th century were inspired by Corinne.Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun painted Madame de Staël as Corinne around 1808–1809.The French painter François Gérard painted a portrait between 1819 and 1821 inspired by the novel and entitled Corinne at Cape Misenum, showing the author of the novel, Madame de Staël, dressed as Corinne .=== Music ===In 1825, the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini composed an opera buffa entitled Il viaggio a Reims (The Journey to Reims), on a libretto by Luigi Balocchi, the subject of which is inspired by the novel by Madame de Staël.The opera was premiered on 19 June 1825 at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris.== References ==
== Bibliography ==de Staël, Mme.Germaine (1985).