Very little was known about George, the Dalmatian, and the servants in the house of Angelo Beroviero, as well as the workmen of the latter's glass furnace, called him Zorzi, distrusted him, suggested that he was probably a heretic, and did not hide their suspicion that he was in love with the master's only daughter, Marietta. All these matters were against him, and people wondered why old Angelo kept the waif in his service, since he would have engaged any one out of a hundred young fellows of Murano, all belonging to the almost noble caste of the glass-workers, all good Christians, all trustworthy, and all ready to promise that the lovely Marietta should never make the slightest impression upon their respectfully petrified hearts. But Angelo had not been accustomed to consider what his neighbours might think of him or his doings, and most of his neighbours and friends abstained with singular unanimity from thrusting their opinions upon him. For this, there were three reasons: he was very rich, he was the greatest living artist in working glass, and he was of a choleric temper.
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Marietta: A Maid of Venice is the story of Zorzi, the foreign servant of a Venetian glass-blower. There are two things he wants; to be allowed to operate a furnace of his own, and to have Marietta, his master's beautiful daughter, for his wife. Both these goals seem impossible, as the trade of glass-blowing is reserved for native Venetians only, and Marietta is engaged to marry Jacopo Contarini, a handsome nobleman.A good read, though long, with interesting plot twists and various amusing observations on the strange habits of women. It is based on a true story.
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Jacopo Contarini, Angelo Beroviero, Zuan Venier, Saint Mark, Messer Jacopo, Signor Giovanni, Agnus Dei, San Piero, Council of Ten, Paolo Godi, Grand Canal, Giovanni Beroviero, Poor Zorzi, Baker's Bridge, Grand Council, Supreme Council, Governor of Murano, Messer Zuan, Signors of the Night, Marietta Beroviero Browse Sample Pages:
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