Venetian Life
by William Dean Howells
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About this eBook
- Author
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
- Credits
- Eric Eldred, Charles Franks, David Widger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta
- Subject
- Venice (Italy) -- Social life and customs
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 7083
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7083
- Release Date
- December 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.VENETIAN LIFE — By William Dean Howells
- 2.ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION. — W. D. H. — CONTENTS
- 3.CHAPTER I. VENICE IN VENICE.
- 4.CHAPTER II. ARRIVAL AND FIRST DAYS IN VENICE.
- 5.CHAPTER III. THE WINTER IN VENICE
- 6.CHAPTER IV. COMINCIA FAR CALDO.
- 7.CHAPTER V. OPERA AND THEATRES.
- 8.CHAPTER VI. VENETIAN DINNERS AND DINERS.
- 9.CHAPTER VII. HOUSEKEEPING IN VENICE.
- 10.CHAPTER VIII. THE BALCONY ON THE GRAND CANAL.
- 11.CHAPTER IX. A DAY-BREAK RAMBLE.
- 12.CHAPTER X. THE MOUSE.
- 13.CHAPTER XI. CHURCHES AND PICTURES.
- 14.CHAPTER XII. SOME ISLANDS OF THE LAGOONS.
- 15.CHAPTER XIII. THE ARMENIANS.
- 16.CHAPTER XIV. THE GHETTO AND THE JEWS OF VENICE.
- 17.CHAPTER XV. SOME MEMORABLE PLACES.
- 18.CHAPTER XVI. COMMERCE.
- 19.CHAPTER XVII. VENETIAN HOLIDAYS.
- 20.CHAPTER XVIII. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
- 21.CHAPTER XIX. LOVE-MAKING AND MARRYING; BAPTISMS AND BURIALS.
- 22.CHAPTER XX. VENETIAN TRAITS AND CHARACTERS.
- 23.CHAPTER XXI. SOCIETY.
- 24.CHAPTER XXII. OUR LAST YEAR IN VENICE.
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