Set in prerevolutionary France, The Story of Ernestine tells of the love between a naive apprentice painter and the marquis de Clemengis, a world-weary aristocrat.
Set in prerevolutionary France, The Story of Ernestine tells of the love between a German-born apprentice painter and the marquis de Clemengis, a world-weary aristocrat.
Riccoboni shows how her naive heroine learns to negotiate questions of honor and appearances.