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The Venetians
The story follows John Vansittart, an English gentleman who flees Venice after killing a man in a violent altercation during Carnival.
"The Venetians" by M. E. Braddon is a sensation novel. The story follows John Vansittart, an English gentleman who flees Venice after killing a man in a violent altercation during Carnival.
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Little golden cloudlets, like winged living creatures, were hanging high up in the rosy glow above Santa Maria della Salute, and all along the Grand Canal the crowded gondolas were floating in a golden haze, and all the westward-facing palace windows flashed and shone with an illumination which the lamps and lanterns that were to be lighted after sundown could never equal, burnt they never so merrily. It was Shrove Tuesday in Venice, Carnival time. The sun had been shining on the city and on the lagunes all day long. It was one of those Shrove Tuesdays which recall the familiar proverb—
Contents
- 01Chapter I.
- 02Chapter II.
- 03Chapter III.
- 04Chapter IV.
- 05Chapter V.
- 06Chapter VI.
- 07Chapter VII.
- 08Chapter VIII.
- 09Chapter IX.
- 10Chapter X.
- 11Chapter XI.
- 12Chapter XII.
- 13Chapter XIII.
- 14Chapter XIV.
- 15Chapter XV.
- 16Chapter XVI.
- 17Chapter XVII.
- 18Chapter XVIII.
- 19Chapter XIX.
- 20Chapter XX.
- 21Chapter XXI.
- 22Chapter XXII.
- 23Chapter XXIII.
- 24Chapter XXIV.
- 25Chapter XXV.
- 26Chapter XXVI.
- 27Chapter XXVII.
- 28Chapter XXVIII.
- 29Chapter XXIX.
- 30Chapter XXX.
- 31Chapter XXXI.
- 32Chapter XXXII.
- 33Chapter XXXIII.
About this edition
- Author
- M. E. Braddon
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 476 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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