MORRIS, J.: Venice (Abridged)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Morris, Jan, 1926-2020, Author.

Contributor:

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2010.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Introduction by Jan Morris ( 08 min., 19 sec. )

Venice by Jan Morris read by Sebastian Comberti ( 06 min., 43 sec. )

So the Venetians became islanders... ( 05 min. )

Venice stood at the mouth of the great Po valley... ( 05 min., 19 sec. )

You can tell a Venetian by his face. ( 06 min., 41 sec. )

The Venetians always had an eager eye for a monopoly... ( 05 min., 41 sec. )

And among them all, the very image of Venice... ( 07 min., 01 sec. )

I once passed an idle breakfast... ( 06 min., 22 sec. )

Venice is a complicated place, physically and spiritually... ( 05 min., 44 sec. )

The women of Venice are very handsome, and very vain. ( 07 min., 26 sec. )

There are very few mortal children in the pictures... ( 04 min., 29 sec. )

There are, however, some gorgeous artificial horses. ( 05 min., 30 sec. )

Most people, though, will remember Venice as a city of birds. ( 05 min., 06 sec. )

There were magnificent regattas, and gymnastic competitions... ( 06 min., 04 sec. )

Half a century later another Patriarch of Venice became Pope... ( 05 min., 16 sec. )

The Venetians are not quite so religious as you might suppose... ( 06 min., 58 sec. )

If the Venetians are not always devout... ( 05 min., 59 sec. )

There are still about 800 Jews in Venice. ( 05 min., 20 sec. )

There are still Armenians in Venice too. ( 05 min., 06 sec. )

The Venetians have never quite recovered from their loss... ( 04 min., 09 sec. )

It was the end of an era... ( 05 min., 08 sec. )

Venice stands, as she loves to tell you... ( 07 min., 13 sec. )

The bridges of the lagoon have linked Venice... ( 04 min., 44 sec. )

A wonderful variety of boats has been developed... ( 04 min., 41 sec. )

Different indeed is the character of the gondola... ( 05 min., 37 sec. )

There are many houses in Venice that do not stand upon canals... ( 06 min., 40 sec. )

The Grand Canal, as Gautier once said... ( 06 min., 21 sec. )

The early Venetian bridges were used by horses... ( 06 min., 39 sec. )

Several different kinds of policemen keep Venice safe... ( 04 min., 14 sec. )

Everybody dies in Venice. ( 05 min., 48 sec. )

The buildings of Venice are mostly very old. ( 05 min., 59 sec. )

Thus, early that July morning... ( 06 min., 47 sec. )

This is an old story. ( 07 min., 16 sec. )

Bestial, too, were the men of Venice... ( 08 min., 14 sec. )

In the Strada Nuova, on the way to the station... ( 07 min., 39 sec. )

Venice is no longer the supreme city of music... ( 06 min., 15 sec. )

The service in Venetian restaurants is usually rough and ready... ( 06 min., 10 sec. )

'The piazza of St. Mark's', wrote a medieval Venetian monk... ( 05 min., 12 sec. )

In the little square opposite my apartment Casanova was born. ( 08 min., 05 sec. )

Venice was always alone in the world... ( 05 min., 45 sec. )

Venetian art, too, is rich in curiosities. ( 05 min., 14 sec. )

There are many mementoes of Napoleon in Venice... ( 06 min., 02 sec. )

But when all is said, and nearly all is done... ( 05 min., 45 sec. )

'We are not,' (swore d'Annunzio)... ( 06 min., 12 sec. )

For myself, I think she deserves even more. ( 05 min., 43 sec. )

The lagoon is never complacent. ( 07 min., 57 sec. )

The enfant terrible of the lagoon... ( 08 min., 15 sec. )

The convents of the Venetian lagoon were famous... ( 04 min., 47 sec. )

San Francesco del Deserto is a small and captivating island... ( 05 min., 42 sec. )

And far off in the northern lagoon... ( 08 min., 44 sec. )

Perhaps you are a millionaire... ( 09 minutes, 15 sec. )

Participant:

Comberti, Sebastian, Reader -- Morris, Jan, Author

Notes:

Naxos Digital Services electronic collection.

Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

9781843793533

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.