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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... stories and novels atleast partly setin Venice, and above allThe Aspern Papers (1888). Perhaps towards the endofthe 1880s or atthebeginning of the1890s James really dreamed ofhavinga small piedàterre in Venice. But in thesummer of ...
... stories and novels atleast partly setin Venice, and above allThe Aspern Papers (1888). Perhaps towards the endofthe 1880s or atthebeginning of the1890s James really dreamed ofhavinga small piedàterre in Venice. But in thesummer of ...
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... story of the relationship of the writer withthe city and withoneof its mostsplendid palaces,opening new perspectives and showingusthe wayin which the imaginationofa greatwriter works in the process of transforming impressions of reality ...
... story of the relationship of the writer withthe city and withoneof its mostsplendid palaces,opening new perspectives and showingusthe wayin which the imaginationofa greatwriter works in the process of transforming impressions of reality ...
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... story that attracted James's imagination, always alertbothto the precious value of any “paper” written bya great tothe poetand necessityto preserve the privacy of the writer—as his burningof somanyofhisown papers shows. The Venetian ...
... story that attracted James's imagination, always alertbothto the precious value of any “paper” written bya great tothe poetand necessityto preserve the privacy of the writer—as his burningof somanyofhisown papers shows. The Venetian ...
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... story.27 James hadan ambivalent attitude to the society inwhich helived, typified by his attitude to Isabella Stewart Gardner (“Mrs. Jack”).How can oneforget the portraitof thisrichand powerfullady, inthehabit of commanding people, whom ...
... story.27 James hadan ambivalent attitude to the society inwhich helived, typified by his attitude to Isabella Stewart Gardner (“Mrs. Jack”).How can oneforget the portraitof thisrichand powerfullady, inthehabit of commanding people, whom ...
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... story, some more favourable to Mr. Curtis,suchasthe one where the quarrel is said to have originated with thejudgenotallowing a pregnant woman to sit in Mr. Curtis's usual seat. Perhapsin reality, theCurtises, just like somany other ...
... story, some more favourable to Mr. Curtis,suchasthe one where the quarrel is said to have originated with thejudgenotallowing a pregnant woman to sit in Mr. Curtis's usual seat. Perhapsin reality, theCurtises, just like somany other ...
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