Alphonse de Lamartine letter, Paris, to Monsieur et ami, 1863 December 7.

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Alphonse de Lamartine letter, Paris, to Monsieur et ami, 1863 December 7.

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Lamartine, recently the victim of grave family misfortunes, reports that twelve issues of a journal have been sent to his correspondent after a three-month delay. He says too that he is working, despite the pain.

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Lamartine, Alphonse de (1790-1869).

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Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869) was born in Mâcon, France into the aristocracy. His father was imprisoned during the French Revolution but escaped the guillotine. After briefly serving in the military, Lamartine joined the diplomatic corps as secretary to the French embassy at Naples. His first colletion of poetry, Méditations poétiques was published in 1820, establishing him as one of the key figures in the Romantic movement in French literature. Lamartine entered politics and was elected ...