Jacopo Ortis had been a real person ; he was a young student from Padua , and committed suicide there under circumstances akin to those described by Foscolo .
The story of Foscolo , like that of Goethe , had a groundwork of melancholy fact .
Jacopo Ortis had been a real person ; Foscolo was a young Foscolo from Padua , and committed suicide there under circumstances akin to those described by Foscolo .
The story of Foscolo , like that of Goethe , had a groundwork of melancholy fact .