Marietta: a Maid of Venice

Fiction & Literature, Classics
Cover of the book Marietta: a Maid of Venice by F. Marion Crawford, B&R Samizdat Express
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: F. Marion Crawford ISBN: 9781455315918
Publisher: B&R Samizdat Express Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: F. Marion Crawford
ISBN: 9781455315918
Publisher: B&R Samizdat Express
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English
According to Wikipedia: "Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 - April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels… ear by year Crawford published a number of successful novels. He also published the historical works, Ave Roma Immortalis (1898), Rulers of the South (1900) renamed Sicily, Calabria and Malta in 1904, and Gleanings from Venetian History (1905). In these his intimate knowledge of local Italian history combines with the romanticist's imaginative faculty to excellent effect. After most of his fictional works had been published, most came to think he was a gifted narrator, and his books of fiction, full of historic vitality and dramatic characterization, became widely popular among readers to whom the realism of problems or the eccentricities of subjective analysis were repellent. In The Novel: What It Is (1893), he defended his literary approach, self-conceived as a combination of romanticism and realism, defining the art form in terms of its marketplace and audience. The novel, he wrote, is "a marketable commodity" and "intellectual artistic luxury" (8, 9) that "must amuse, indeed, but should amuse reasonably, from an intellectual point of view. . . . Its intention is to amuse and please, and certainly not to teach and preach; but in order to amuse well it must be a finely-balanced creation. . . ." The Saracinesca series is perhaps known to be his best work, with the third in the series, Don Orsino, set against the background of a real estate bubble, told with effective concision. A fourth book in the series, Corleone, was the first major treatment of the Mafia in literature, and used the now-familiar but then-original device of a priest unable to testify to a crime because of the Seal of the Confessional; the novel nevertheless failed to live up to the standard set by the books earlier in the series. Crawford himself was fondest of Khaled: A Tale of Arabia, a story of a genie (genius is Crawford's word) who becomes human..."
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
According to Wikipedia: "Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 - April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels… ear by year Crawford published a number of successful novels. He also published the historical works, Ave Roma Immortalis (1898), Rulers of the South (1900) renamed Sicily, Calabria and Malta in 1904, and Gleanings from Venetian History (1905). In these his intimate knowledge of local Italian history combines with the romanticist's imaginative faculty to excellent effect. After most of his fictional works had been published, most came to think he was a gifted narrator, and his books of fiction, full of historic vitality and dramatic characterization, became widely popular among readers to whom the realism of problems or the eccentricities of subjective analysis were repellent. In The Novel: What It Is (1893), he defended his literary approach, self-conceived as a combination of romanticism and realism, defining the art form in terms of its marketplace and audience. The novel, he wrote, is "a marketable commodity" and "intellectual artistic luxury" (8, 9) that "must amuse, indeed, but should amuse reasonably, from an intellectual point of view. . . . Its intention is to amuse and please, and certainly not to teach and preach; but in order to amuse well it must be a finely-balanced creation. . . ." The Saracinesca series is perhaps known to be his best work, with the third in the series, Don Orsino, set against the background of a real estate bubble, told with effective concision. A fourth book in the series, Corleone, was the first major treatment of the Mafia in literature, and used the now-familiar but then-original device of a priest unable to testify to a crime because of the Seal of the Confessional; the novel nevertheless failed to live up to the standard set by the books earlier in the series. Crawford himself was fondest of Khaled: A Tale of Arabia, a story of a genie (genius is Crawford's word) who becomes human..."

More books from B&R Samizdat Express

Cover of the book With the Armies of Menelik II by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book Prisoners of Chance: the story of what befell Geoffrey Benteen, borderman, through his love for a lady of France by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book The Knights of the Cross or Krzyzacy: historical romance by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book Tales of Two Countries by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book My Friend the Chauffeur by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book Arms and the Man by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book Down the Ravine by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book A Little Country Girl by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book Yet Again by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book Brownsmith's Boy, a Romance in a Garden by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book Candide, in French by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book The Iliad of Homer, English verse translation by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book Whosoever Shall Offend by F. Marion Crawford
Cover of the book The Woodcutter of Gutech by F. Marion Crawford
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy