Abstract
This article argues that Graffigny's Lettres d'une Peruvienne and Cenie tell essentially the same story, that of a woman sundered from her high estate and her betrothed. The pattern of interpersonal relations is present already in Graffigny's Nouvelle espagnole and La Princesse Azerolle. Graffigny's correspondence shows that this is a mythical version of her own story. Crises in 1743–44 involving her lover, her confidant, and her niece immediately precede the creation of her principal works. Her discovery in 1743 of Garcilaso's Histoire des Incas is associated with ‘amitie’ and with ‘amour’.
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