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Novels set in Venice
What are your favorite novels set in Venice?
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Thomas Mann's Death in Venice.
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THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY by Patricia Highsmith is also a great read and the novel is much, much better than the movie (and thankfully we don't have to put up with Gwyneth Paltrow in the novel!). I second DER TOD IN VENEDIG by Thomas Mann (DEATH IN VENICE).
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WINGS OF THE DOVE Henry James *Wonderful!
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Dangerous Beauty, the story of Veronica Franco
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Miss Garnett's Angel, by Sally Vickers.
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Read Wings of the Dove and then rent the movie. The combination will give you a great feel for Venice.
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Donna Leon detective stories with commissario Brunetti
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Michael Dibdin's detective Aurelio Zen comes from Venice and treturns there in one of his excellent novels: I think its Dead Lagoon.
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Young/adult kid novel called The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
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Oh yes, Miss Garnett's Angel by Sally Vickers! It it the reson that we went to Venice last September and the reason that we are returning in March! She just makes the city come alive. I have read it 3 times. that's a record as I read constantly and rarely ever repeat. I found it the first time in our library and then ordered 2 copies from Amazon.com and have given them away now. READ IT!!!
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"Q" by the Italian writers combo Luther Blissett (later called Wu Ming). The third parti is set in a colorful XVII century Venice. Great. Unluckily the novel has not been translated to English yet.
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Thanks. Has anyone read the Thief of Venice by Jane Laughton?
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And how could I have forgotten Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice"?
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Tsk, tsk, Eye Spy. The Merchant of Venice isn't a novel!
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Thank you so much for your responses.
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Howard, I didn't say that THE MERCHANT OF VENICE was a novel. I was merely pointing out it was a piece of literature I had overlooked. Are you that picky? Because if you are, we can all take apart some of your responses on previous posts and then how would you feel?
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Just for that
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that's ok, eye, I'll throw in some films like:"Don't Look Now", with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie.<BR>"The Comfort of Strangers"with Christopher Walkin, Natasha Richardson<BR>Ruppert Everett and wardrobe by Armani.<BR>These are two dark stories.
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Hi Dan,<BR>I would highly recommend a novel entitled "Vaporetto 13". Very intriguing.<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR>BC
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