Venetian Life

by William Dean Howells

Book Overview

One night at the little theatre in Padua, the ticket-seller gave us the stage-box (of which he made a great merit), and so we saw the play and the byplay. The prompter, as noted from our point of view, bore a chief part in the drama (as indeed the prompter always does in the Italian theatre), and the scene-shifters appeared as prominent characters. We could not help seeing the virtuous wife, when hotly pursued by the villain of the piece, pause calmly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514676214
• ISBN13: 9781514676219
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"