Letters From the Palazzo BarbaroSteerforth Press, 29 sty 2013 - 224 The novelist Henry James arrived in Venice as a tourist, and instantly fell in love with the city – particularly with the splendid Palazzo Barbaro, home of the expatriate American Curtis family. This selection of letters covers the period 1869-1907 and provides a unique record of the life and work of this great writer. Includes historical photographs and a foreword by Leon Edel, Henry James’s biographer. |
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... beautiful preserved city,its GrandCanal, thebridgesandfootways, andthe ghosts that now exist only in old documents as Venice, onits treacherous sea, is translated into enduring literature. Early twentieth century view of the.
... beautiful preserved city,its GrandCanal, thebridgesandfootways, andthe ghosts that now exist only in old documents as Venice, onits treacherous sea, is translated into enduring literature. Early twentieth century view of the.
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... beautiful empty Barbaro”, “all marbles and frescoes and portraits of theDoges”, startsto exercise a charm that “sinks into your spirit onlyas you goon living there, seeing itin all itshours and phases” (III, 195).These words appear ...
... beautiful empty Barbaro”, “all marbles and frescoes and portraits of theDoges”, startsto exercise a charm that “sinks into your spirit onlyas you goon living there, seeing itin all itshours and phases” (III, 195).These words appear ...
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... beautiful flower, killed bythe frost of death. ToMrs. Curtis, James wrote: “How strange and empty Venice seemed to me, without you.The light iswhite and absent ...”.15 The “brightVenetian air” has lost its splendour and colour. Even ...
... beautiful flower, killed bythe frost of death. ToMrs. Curtis, James wrote: “How strange and empty Venice seemed to me, without you.The light iswhite and absent ...”.15 The “brightVenetian air” has lost its splendour and colour. Even ...
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... beautiful Titian. ThenIpaid a farewell visit to the Academy, which I have got pretty wellby heart—and whereI saw Mr. and Mrs. Bronson14 of Newport who knew me not—the latter very haggard and pale.After which I tookagondola overto ...
... beautiful Titian. ThenIpaid a farewell visit to the Academy, which I have got pretty wellby heart—and whereI saw Mr. and Mrs. Bronson14 of Newport who knew me not—the latter very haggard and pale.After which I tookagondola overto ...
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... beautiful a thing this monthinItalyhas been and howmy brain swarmswithpictures andmy bosom acheswith memories. I should like insome neatformula to give you theItalian feeling—and tellyou just how itis that one is conscious here of the ...
... beautiful a thing this monthinItalyhas been and howmy brain swarmswithpictures andmy bosom acheswith memories. I should like insome neatformula to give you theItalian feeling—and tellyou just how itis that one is conscious here of the ...
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