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. |
Z wnętrza książki
Wyniki 1 - 5 z 5
Strona
... one's dreams”, although it remained “strangely the Venice of dreams, more than ofany appreciable reality”.10At that timehe felt the needto declare to his brother thesenseof his “yankeehood”, which did not allow him to enjoy Venice ...
... one's dreams”, although it remained “strangely the Venice of dreams, more than ofany appreciable reality”.10At that timehe felt the needto declare to his brother thesenseof his “yankeehood”, which did not allow him to enjoy Venice ...
Strona
... one's cold prose.”23 JAMES ANDTHE ASPERN PAPERS These letters tell us the story of the relationship of the writer withthe city and withoneof its mostsplendid palaces,opening new perspectives and showingusthe wayin which the ...
... one's cold prose.”23 JAMES ANDTHE ASPERN PAPERS These letters tell us the story of the relationship of the writer withthe city and withoneof its mostsplendid palaces,opening new perspectives and showingusthe wayin which the ...
Strona
... one's stomach is really turnedhere by the accounts of the hideous thingsthatarebeing wrought uponthe helpless sevenhills. Destructionand vulgarization everywhere—and the Villa Ludovisi cut up into buildinglots. The Villa Ludovisi—je ne ...
... one's stomach is really turnedhere by the accounts of the hideous thingsthatarebeing wrought uponthe helpless sevenhills. Destructionand vulgarization everywhere—and the Villa Ludovisi cut up into buildinglots. The Villa Ludovisi—je ne ...
Strona
Osiągnięto limit wyświetleń tej książki.
Osiągnięto limit wyświetleń tej książki.
Strona
Osiągnięto limit wyświetleń tej książki.
Osiągnięto limit wyświetleń tej książki.
Inne wydania - Wyświetl wszystko
Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
Alvisi American anda andthe Antonio Antonio Zanchi areso Ariana Curtis artists Aspern Papers beautiful Berenson Bernard Berenson Biondetti Boott Boston bought Bronson Browning butI Casa Caterina Cornaro century charm Coburn Constance Contarini Curtis to Isabella Dartmouth dear delightful Duveneck Edith England everything Fenimore Florence Giambattista Tiepolo gondola Gothic Grace Grand Canal havebeen Henry James NOTES Henry’s Ihave inthe Isabella Stewart Gardner Ishall Italian Italy James wrote James’s letters lady Leon Edel lived London marble Marciana married Miss Woolson Mocenigo Morosini Museum novel ofhis ofthe one’s onthe painter painting palace palazzi di Venezia Palazzo Barbaro Palazzo Leporelli piano nobile Pisani Queen Ralph Curtis Rio Marin Rome Rosella Mamoli Zorzi Ruskin salon Sargent seems society stay story thank thatI theBarbaro theCurtises things Tiepolo Tintoretto tobe tothe Venetian Venezia Venice Vere Gardens Villa weeks wife witha withthe write Zanchi