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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... The Curtises liked his elegance, and his grand wayofsaying things. He, inturn, fell in with the idiosyncrasies of Daniel Curtis,with his twicetoldanecdotes, his exploitsasa gardener in acity thathaslittle land for gardening, andhis ...
... The Curtises liked his elegance, and his grand wayofsaying things. He, inturn, fell in with the idiosyncrasies of Daniel Curtis,with his twicetoldanecdotes, his exploitsasa gardener in acity thathaslittle land for gardening, andhis ...
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... the Curtises or of Isabella Stewart Gardner. Theimpressions thatJames had ofthe Barbaro—over aperiod of several years—can be traced in hisletters, which, although they are not entirely devoted to this topic, bear witness to the power of ...
... the Curtises or of Isabella Stewart Gardner. Theimpressions thatJames had ofthe Barbaro—over aperiod of several years—can be traced in hisletters, which, although they are not entirely devoted to this topic, bear witness to the power of ...
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... the Curtises' privacy—but where the Barbaro is clearly recognizable with its “painted chambers that still echo with one ofthe historic names”: “As youlive in itday after dayitsbeauty anditsinterest sink more deeply into yourspirit; it ...
... the Curtises' privacy—but where the Barbaro is clearly recognizable with its “painted chambers that still echo with one ofthe historic names”: “As youlive in itday after dayitsbeauty anditsinterest sink more deeply into yourspirit; it ...
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... the Curtises at Palazzo Barbaro. He had had thetimeto possess himself of the city, writing on it on several occasions,in the essays, from Venice: an Early Impression in 1872 to Venice in 1882 and The Grand Canal in 1892, where the ...
... the Curtises at Palazzo Barbaro. He had had thetimeto possess himself of the city, writing on it on several occasions,in the essays, from Venice: an Early Impression in 1872 to Venice in 1882 and The Grand Canal in 1892, where the ...
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... The Curtises,Daniel and Ariana, are inaway the exemplary representativesof this world, in theirexquisite palace, where: “The cosmopolite habit, the modern sympathy, theintelligent flexible attitude, the latestfruit oftime,adjust ...
... The Curtises,Daniel and Ariana, are inaway the exemplary representativesof this world, in theirexquisite palace, where: “The cosmopolite habit, the modern sympathy, theintelligent flexible attitude, the latestfruit oftime,adjust ...
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