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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... have some ofthe uniqueness they imparted toBoston, for theBarbaro mighthave been calledinthe late nineteenth century ... has chosen to offer us a modest gatheringin ofcertain letters writtenby members of thetrans Atlantic society who ...
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... been here nearlytwo weeksand have experiencedthat inevitable reconciliation to thingswhich six months of Europe causeto operate so rapidly andsmoothly, no matter what thestrangeness of things may be. A little stare—alittle thrill ...
... been here nearlytwo weeksand have experiencedthat inevitable reconciliation to thingswhich six months of Europe causeto operate so rapidly andsmoothly, no matter what thestrangeness of things may be. A little stare—alittle thrill ...
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... have not half so much been seeing paintings as painters. The accumulated mass of works by a few mendrives each man ... have had more eyesand morethoughts for him thanfor anything else in Venice; and in future,I fancy,when Irecall the ...
... have not half so much been seeing paintings as painters. The accumulated mass of works by a few mendrives each man ... have had more eyesand morethoughts for him thanfor anything else in Venice; and in future,I fancy,when Irecall the ...
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... have had.John Bellini, apainter of whom Ihad no conception—one oftheearly Venetians—is equallygreat and simplein his own fardifferent way. Hehas everything on a great scale—knowledge color and expression. Heis thefirst “religious ...
... have had.John Bellini, apainter of whom Ihad no conception—one oftheearly Venetians—is equallygreat and simplein his own fardifferent way. Hehas everything on a great scale—knowledge color and expression. Heis thefirst “religious ...
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... Having written somuch last evening, Isuccumbed to slumber, andthis evening I hardly feel like resuming thefeeble threadof my discourse.I have been abroad all day bidding farewellto Venice, forI think ofleaving tomorrow ornext day.Ibegan ...
... Having written somuch last evening, Isuccumbed to slumber, andthis evening I hardly feel like resuming thefeeble threadof my discourse.I have been abroad all day bidding farewellto Venice, forI think ofleaving tomorrow ornext day.Ibegan ...
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