Project Gutenberg 2014-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 47 Various Verschillende Various, Various Newnes, George 1851 1910 The Strand Magazine, Vol. 07, Issue 41, May, 1894 An Illustrated Monthly Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Richard Tonsing, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Strand Magazine, Vol. 07, Issue 41, May, 1894" by Various is a collection of illustrated stories and articles published in the late 19th century. This issue features contributions on diverse topics, with a standout story about Antonio, a young Venetian gondolier who aspires to improve his impoverished life through the fortune that comes with serving a wealthy Englishman. The magazine captures the charm of Victorian storytelling while providing glimpses into societal sketches of the time. At the start of the issue, the story introduces Antonio, who is desperate for a patron from England to alleviate his poverty and dream of owning a gondola. His luck seems to change when he learns that an English couple, the Mildmays, have arrived in Venice and are looking for a gondolier. Antonio eagerly enlists the help of a hotel porter to secure his services and impresses the Mildmays with his looks and charm. As his role expands to that of a servant, the story explores themes of ambition, morality, and the contrasts between the wealthy and the working class, painting a vivid portrait of Venetian life during that era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories, English -- Periodicals English literature -- Periodicals AP Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 403418 403627 2024-10-19T17:55:05.114545 2023-09-20T13:00:00.172039 text/html text/html 394260 2014-11-16T22:53:14 text/html; charset=us-ascii 6319382 2014-11-16T22:53:38 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 6690319 2024-10-19T17:55:14.127345 application/epub+zip 6695247 2024-10-19T17:55:07.159409 application/epub+zip 211484 2024-10-19T17:55:06.020394 application/epub+zip 6881933 2024-10-19T17:55:20.000331 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6744561 2024-10-19T17:55:12.989345 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292618 2022-09-21T13:58:00.421692 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336336 336232 2024-10-19T17:55:03.666411 2023-09-20T12:59:58.762011 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 336553 2014-11-16T22:53:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 132642 2014-11-16T22:53:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19839 2024-10-19T17:55:20.175345 application/rdf+xml 14250 2024-10-19T17:55:06.127377 image/jpeg 1728 2024-10-19T17:55:06.074534 image/jpeg 6394367 2024-10-19T17:55:05.511363 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