# Author's Preface explained — The Gadfly

> Chapter companion for The Gadfly by Ethel Voynich.

## What happens

The author expresses gratitude to the officials of the Marucelliana Library of Florence and the State Archives and Civic Museum of Bologna for their assistance in collecting materials for the story in Italy.

## Links

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