EAN: 9781805330912

LETTERS TO ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER - HENRY JAM...

One of the most satisfying of all letter-writers. -- Spectator Henry James's beautiful letters
to his friend and inspiration  the unconventional art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner
Surrounded by the artists  writers and musicians who made up her court in Boston as they did in
Venice  Isabella Stewart Gardner  a passionate art collector  was as revered and sought after
as royalty. Henry James was inspired by the rich and powerful Gardner  as well as by the
Palazzo Barbaro in Venice  when he wrote his novel The Wings of the Dove. Gardner was to
recreate a larger-than-life version of Palazzo Barbaro in Boston  which is now the Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum. These dazzling letters bring to life James's passion for Venice and the
Palazzo Barbaro  and serve as an introduction to the fascinating world of Isabella Stewart
Gardner herself.

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