Project Gutenberg 2005-06-21 Public domain in the USA. 58 Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion) 1854 1909 Crawford, Francis Marion Marietta: A Maid of Venice Reading ease score: 78.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by John Hagerson, Kevin Handy, Chuck Greif, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) "Marietta: A Maid of Venice" by F. Marion Crawford is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set in 15th century Venice and revolves around Marietta, the daughter of a prominent glass-maker, and Zorzi, a young man of Dalmatian origin who serves her father. The narrative explores themes of love, social class, and artistic ambition, particularly as it delves into Marietta’s relationship with Zorzi and the challenges they face from societal expectations and her father's plans for her marriage. At the start of the novel, we meet Zorzi, an orphan employed by Angelo Beroviero, a wealthy glass-blower. Zorzi is suspected by the other workers due to his background and his closeness to Marietta. The dynamics between Zorzi, Marietta, and her father are tinged with jealousy and protective instincts, particularly as her father considers her marriage to a wealthy nobleman, Jacopo Contarini. Marietta's internal struggle is evident as she grapples with her feelings for Zorzi and the demands of her father and society, setting the stage for a compelling love story intertwined with social commentary on the restrictions and expectations of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Venice (Italy) -- Fiction PS Text Historical Fiction Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 686631 686452 2024-10-07T08:45:27.583766 2023-09-07T09:41:17.184303 text/html text/html 690288 2020-12-11T09:10:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 424455 2020-12-11T09:10:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 514391 2024-10-07T08:45:38.538936 application/epub+zip 524764 2024-10-07T08:45:31.069726 application/epub+zip 334628 2024-10-07T08:45:29.721741 application/epub+zip 780398 2024-10-07T08:45:44.371734 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 751032 2024-10-07T08:45:37.680707 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 524924 2022-09-08T03:30:21.758432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 664751 664623 2024-10-07T08:45:25.888852 2023-09-07T09:41:15.742282 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 664453 2020-12-11T09:10:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 242878 2020-12-11T09:10:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 664460 2020-12-11T09:10:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 242877 2020-12-11T09:10:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22036 2024-10-07T08:45:44.513681 application/rdf+xml 12816 2024-10-07T08:45:30.288741 image/jpeg 3319 2024-10-07T08:45:29.997813 image/jpeg 502062 2024-10-07T08:45:27.652761 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia