Description

A gorgeously jacketed hardcover anthology of classic stories set in Venice, by an international array of brilliant writers.

The sublime city of Venice has long offered inspiration to the worlds storytellers. This anthology gathers a dazzling variety of stories with Venetian settings, including Daphne du Mauriers haunting Dont Look Now, Anthony Trollopes wartime romance The Last Austrian Who Left Venice, Vernon Lees spine-chilling A Wicked Voice, and a scene from The Wings of the Dove, Henry Jamess 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 Stories showcases a lineup of literary classics worthy of the magnificent city they celebrate.

Author: Jonathan Keates
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Everymans Library
Published: 10/16/2018
Series: Everymans Library Pocket Classics
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 7.30h x 4.60w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781101908068
Language: English

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