Autumn In Venice

Author : Andrea Di Robilant
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101970386

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Autumn in Venice by Andrea Di Robilant Pdf

The illuminating story of writer and muse—which also examines the cost to a young woman of her association with a larger-than-life literary celebrity—Autumn in Venice is an intimate look at Hemingway’s final years. In the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife traveled for the first time to Venice, which Hemingway called “absolutely god-damned wonderful.” A year shy of his fiftieth birthday, Hemingway hadn’t published a novel in nearly a decade when he met and fell in love with Adriana Ivancich, a striking Venetian girl just out of finishing school. Here Andrea di Robilant re-creates with sparkling clarity this surprising, years-long relationship, during which Adriana inspired a man thirty years her senior to complete his great final work. Hemingway used Adriana as the model for Renata in Across the River and into the Trees, and continued to visit Venice to see her; when the Ivanciches traveled to Cuba, Adriana was there as he wrote The Old Man and the Sea.

Author : Andrea Di Robilant
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101970386

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Autumn in Venice by Andrea Di Robilant Pdf

The illuminating story of writer and muse—which also examines the cost to a young woman of her association with a larger-than-life literary celebrity—Autumn in Venice is an intimate look at Hemingway’s final years. In the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife traveled for the first time to Venice, which Hemingway called “absolutely god-damned wonderful.” A year shy of his fiftieth birthday, Hemingway hadn’t published a novel in nearly a decade when he met and fell in love with Adriana Ivancich, a striking Venetian girl just out of finishing school. Here Andrea di Robilant re-creates with sparkling clarity this surprising, years-long relationship, during which Adriana inspired a man thirty years her senior to complete his great final work. Hemingway used Adriana as the model for Renata in Across the River and into the Trees, and continued to visit Venice to see her; when the Ivanciches traveled to Cuba, Adriana was there as he wrote The Old Man and the Sea.

Author : Lisa St Aubin de Terán
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Venice (Italy)
ISBN : UVA:X002074810

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Venice by Lisa St Aubin de Terán Pdf

Author : Henry James
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781473365728

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Italian Hours (1909) by Henry James Pdf

This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1909 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen children, James had an unorthodox early education, switching between schools, private tutors and private reading.. James published his first story, 'A Tragedy of Error', in the Continental Monthly in 1864, when he was twenty years old. In 1876, he emigrated to London, where he remained for the vast majority of the rest of his life, becoming a British citizen in 1915. From this point on, he was a hugely prolific author, eventually producing twenty novels and more than a hundred short stories and novellas, as well as literary criticism, plays and travelogues. Amongst James's most famous works are The Europeans (1878), Daisy Miller (1878), Washington Square (1880), The Bostonians (1886), and one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, The Turn of the Screw (1898). We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Andrea Di Robilant
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781400095117

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Lucia by Andrea Di Robilant Pdf

In 1787, the beautiful Lucia is married off to Alvise Mocenigo, scion of one of the most powerful Venetian families. But their life as a golden couple will be suddenly transformed when Venice falls to Bonaparte. We witness Lucia's painful series of miscarriages and the pressure on her to produce an heir; her impassioned affair with an Austrian officer; the glamour and strain of her career as a hostess in Vienna; and her amazing firsthand account of the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. With his brave and articulate heroine, Andrea di Robilant has once again reached across the centuries, and deep into his own past, to bring history to rich and vivid life on the page.

Author : Richard Owen
Publisher : Haus Publishing
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781909961418

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Hemingway in Italy by Richard Owen Pdf

Ernest Hemingway is most often associated with Spain and Cuba, but Italy was equally important in his life and work. Hemingway in Italy, the first full-length book exploring Hemmingway’s penchant for Italy, offers a lively account of the many visits Hemingway made throughout his life to Italian locales, including Sicily, Genoa, Rapallo, Cortina, and Venice. In evocative prose, complemented by a rich selection of historical images, Richard Owen takes us on a tour through Hemingway’s Italy. He describes how Hemingway first visited the country of the Latins during World War I, an experience that set the scene for A Farewell to Arms. Then after World War II, it was in Italy that he found inspiration for Across the River and into the Trees. Again and again, the Italian landscape—from the Venetian lagoon to the Dolomites and beyond—deeply affected one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Hemingway in Italy demonstrates that Italy stands alongside Spain as a key influence on Hemingway’s work—and why the Italians themselves hold Hemingway and his writing close to their hearts.

Author : Ernest Hemingway
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547190738

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Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Across the River and Into the Trees" by Ernest Hemingway. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Andrea Di Robilant
Publisher : HarperPerennial
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 184115542X

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A Venetian Affair by Andrea Di Robilant Pdf

In the attic of their old family palazzo on the Grand Canal, Andrea di Robilant's father had found the love letters of their ancestor Andrea Memmo, one of the last great Venetian statesmen, to a beautiful half-English girl named Giustiniana Wynne. Some of the letters were written in code, which di Robilant and his father cracked to reveal an illicit passion: Giustiniana was not of the elite ruling class and would never have been considered a suitable match for Andrea. But their acts of devotion were startlingly brazen. As their courtship unfolds, they plot elaborate marriage schemes that offend everyone, arrange secret trysts in borrowed rooms, cause trouble for the servants who must ferry their forbidden correspondence, and even weather an unwanted pregnancy, from which Giustiniana, with her wits and ingenuity and some crucial assistance from the infamous Casanova, emerges unscathed.

Author : Scott Blum
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781401925154

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Waiting for Autumn by Scott Blum Pdf

In the tradition of The Alchemist, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, and The Celestine Prophecy, this enchanting semiautobiographical parable follows the inquisitive Scott as he finds himself in a parking lot where he meets a cardboard-sign-toting homeless man named Robert with a penchant for changing lives. With Robert and the sleepy black lab Puppy Don at his side, Scott embarks on a spiritual awakening and attempts to heal his past while confronting the spirit of his dead fiancée, learning the power of nature, exploring the spirit plane, and discovering the true nature of the universe. On this unique journey of self-discovery, various healing and spiritual modalities are revealed, including shamanic soul retrieval, ancestral healing, harnessing of lunar energy, conscious cooking, kirtan, manifesting, and lightworking. This easy-to-read book is a charming and affecting story of one humble soul’s profound awakening on the path to facing an extraordinary dilemma between his spiritual calling and earthly life purpose.

Author : F. Eden
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1016013205

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A Garden In Venice by F. Eden Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Polly Coles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Venice (Italy)
ISBN : 0719808782

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The Politics of Washing by Polly Coles Pdf

This is the story of ordinary life in an extraordinary place. The beautiful city of Venice has been a fantasy land for people from around the globe for centuries, but what is it like to live there? This title is a fascinating window into the world of ordinary Venetians and the strange and unique place they call home.

Author : Geraldine Brooks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9780670025770

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The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks Pdf

Based on the story of King David, traces his journey from an obscure shepherd to a hero and king before his fall.

Author : Tilar J. Mazzeo
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062199232

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The Hotel on Place Vendôme by Tilar J. Mazzeo Pdf

Set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of World War II, The Hôtel on Place Vendôme is the captivating history of Paris’s world-famous Hôtel Ritz—a breathtaking tale of glamour, opulence, and celebrity; dangerous liaisons, espionage, and resistance—from Tilar J. Mazzeo, the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow Clicquot and The Secret of Chanel No. 5 When France fell to the Germans in June 1940, the legendary Hôtel Ritz on the Place Vendôme—an icon of Paris frequented by film stars and celebrity writers, American heiresses and risqué flappers, playboys, and princes—was the only luxury hotel of its kind allowed in the occupied city by order of Adolf Hitler. Tilar J. Mazzeo traces the history of this cultural landmark from its opening in fin de siècle Paris. At its center, The Hotel on Place Vendôme is an extraordinary chronicle of life at the Ritz during wartime, when the Hôtel was simultaneously headquarters to the highest-ranking German officers, such as Reichsmarshal Hermann Göring, and home to exclusive patrons, including Coco Chanel. Mazzeo takes us into the grand palace’s suites, bars, dining rooms, and wine cellars, revealing a hotbed of illicit affairs and deadly intrigue, as well as stunning acts of defiance and treachery. Rich in detail, illustrated with black-and-white photos, The Hotel on Place Vendôme is a remarkable look at this extraordinary crucible where the future of post-war France—and all of post-war Europe—was transformed.

Author : Maurice Rowdon
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015005600872

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The Fall of Venice by Maurice Rowdon Pdf

Author : Thomas Mann
Publisher : Random House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446400111

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Death In Venice by Thomas Mann Pdf

A tale of genius in which Thomas Mann explores the artist's relation to life. First published in 1912, Death in Venice tells how Gustave von Aschenbach, a writer utterly absorbed in his work, arrives in Venice as the result of a 'youthfully ardent thirst for distant scenes', and meets a young boy by whose beauty he becomes obsessed. His pitiful pursuit of the object of his affection and its inevitable and pathetic climax are told here with the particular skill the author has for this shorter form of fiction.