Author: F. Marion Crawford
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781331557074
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Languages : en
Pages : 468

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Excerpt from Marietta a Maid of Venice The glass-house was guarded from outsiders as carefully as a nunnery, and somewhat resembled a convent in having no windows so situated that curious persons might see from without what went on inside. The place was entered by a low door from the narrow paved path that ran along the canal. In a little vesti bule, ill-lighted by one small grated window, sat the porter, an uncouth old man who rarely answered ques tions, and never opened the door until he had assured himself by a deliberate inspection through the grating that the person who knocked had a right to come in. Marietta remembered him in his den when she had been a little child, and she vaguely supposed that he had always been there. He had been old then, he was not visibly older now, he would probably never die of old age, and if any mortal ill should carry him off, he would surely be replaced by some one exactly like him, who would sleep in the same box bed, sit all day in the same black chair, and eat bread, shellfish and garlic off the same worm-eaten table. There was no other entrance to the glass-house, and there could be no other porter to guard it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: F. Marion Crawford
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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Author: Francis Marion Crawford
Publisher: Copp Clark Company
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 594

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But Angelo had not been accustomed to consider what his neighbours might think of him or his doings and most of his neighbours and friends abstained with singular unanimity from thrusting their opinions upon him.

Author: Francis Marion Crawford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Francis Marion Crawford
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781289509798
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author: F. Crawford
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781499244441
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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A love story set in 1400s Venice and Murano, between a glassmaker's daughter and a foreign glassmaker.

Author: Crawford F. Marion (Francis Marion)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781318819409
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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Author: F. Marion Crawford
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406581904
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels. He was born at Bagni di Lucca, Italy. In 1879 he went to India, where he studied Sanskrit and edited the Allahabad Indian Herald. Returning to America he continued to study Sanskrit at Harvard University for a year, contributed to various periodicals, and in 1882 produced his first novel, Mr Isaacs. This book had an immediate success, and its author's promise was confirmed by the publication of Doctor Claudius: A True Story (1883). After a brief residence in New York and Boston, in 1883 he returned to Italy, where he made his permanent home. 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). 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.

Author: Francis Marion Crawford
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780665720369
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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Author: F. Marion Crawford
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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"Marietta: A Maid of Venice" by F. Marion Crawford. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.