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(4) | None | The sublime city of Venice has long offered inspiration to the world's storytellers. This anthology gathers a dazzling variety of stories with Venetian settings, including Daphne du Maurier's haunting "Don't Look Now," Anthony Trollope's wartime romance "The Last Austrian Who Left Venice," Vernon Lee's spine-chilling "A Wicked Voice," and a scene from The Wings of the Dove, Henry James's tale of passion and betrayal in a Gothic palazzo on the Grand Canal. The famed Venetian adventurer Giacomo Casanova weighs in with escapades from his notorious Memoirs, alongside enthralling selections by Baron Corvo, Marcel Proust, Camillo Boito, and Jeanette Winterson. In its multifaceted portrait of La Serenissima, Venice Storiesshowcases a lineup of literary classics worthy of the magnificent city they celebrate.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Keates, Jonathan | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Boito, Camillo | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Casanova, Giacomo | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Donougher, Christine | Translator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | du Maurier, Daphne | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | James, Henry | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Kilmartin, Terence | Translator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Lee, Vernon | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Moncrieff, C. K. Scott | Translator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Proust, Marcel | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Rolfe, Frederick | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Trask, William L. | Translator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Trollope, Anthony | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Winterson, Jeanette | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Pritchett, Robert | Cover artist | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Seligman, Lincoln | Cover artist | secondary author | some editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions The sublime city of Venice has long offered inspiration to the world's storytellers. This anthology gathers a dazzling variety of stories with Venetian settings, including Daphne du Maurier's haunting "Don't Look Now," Anthony Trollope's wartime romance "The Last Austrian Who Left Venice," Vernon Lee's spine-chilling "A Wicked Voice," and a scene from The Wings of the Dove, Henry James's tale of passion and betrayal in a Gothic palazzo on the Grand Canal. The famed Venetian adventurer Giacomo Casanova weighs in with escapades from his notorious Memoirs, alongside enthralling selections by Baron Corvo, Marcel Proust, Camillo Boito, and Jeanette Winterson. In its multifaceted portrait of La Serenissima, Venice Storiesshowcases a lineup of literary classics worthy of the magnificent city they celebrate. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Contains: From History of my life / Giacomo Casanova; translated by William R. Trask -- The last Austrian who left Venice / Anthony Trollope -- Senso / Camillo Boito; translated by Christine Donougher -- A wicked voice / Vernon Lee -- From The wings of the dove / Henry James -- From The desire and pursuit of the whole / Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo -- Sojourn in Venice / Marcel Proust; translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Terrence Kilmartin (from In search of lost time) -- Don't look now / Daphne Du Maurier -- The queen of spades / Jeanette Winterson (from The passion). | |
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