"James is one of the most satisfying of all letter-writers because of thte endlessly surprising plasticity with which he handles the language of even his most trifling communications ... and may our correspondence be as lovingly edited and presented as it is here by Dottoressa Rosella Mamoli Zorzi of Venice University"
JONATHAN KEATES Spectator
"Paints a vivid and absorbing picture of life in fin de siecle Venice"
"Paints a vivid and absorbing picture of life in fin de siecle Venice"
RACHELLE THACKRAY Independent on Sunday
"This well-edited and beautifully produced little volume allows one, however fleetingly, to be a mosquito on the palazzo wall"
"This well-edited and beautifully produced little volume allows one, however fleetingly, to be a mosquito on the palazzo wall"
STEPHEN COOTE Gay Times
"Henry James's marvellously observant letters"
"Henry James's marvellously observant letters"
CAROLINE GASCOIGNE The Sunday Times
ABOUT THE BOOK
THIS COLLECTION has been selected and edited by R. Mamoli Zorzi, Professor of Anglo-American Literature at the University of Venice, Ca' Foscari. It contains previously unpublished manuscript letters. In addition to the Introduction by the editor, it has a Foreword by the late Leon Edel, the great James biographer and editor.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
HENRY JAMES first came to Venice as a tourist but was soon fascinated by the city and particularly by the splendid gothic Palazzo Barbaro, home of the expatriate American Curtis family. James frequently returned to the palace to write. This selection of letters covers the period 1869-1907 and provides a unique record of the life and work of this great writer.
Introduction by LEON EDEL
Edited by ROSELLA MAMOLI ZORZI
Cover illustration by ROGER DE MONTEBELLO
ISBN 978 1 901285 07 9
224 pp with six black & white historical photographs
