Venetian Angel - Softcover

Molnar, Ferenc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1916568041 ISBN 13: 9781916568044

Publisher: Blue Danube, 2024

Synopsis

It is the summer of 1933. Set against a backdrop of the sparkling Venetian lagoon, young and naļve Irma Lietzen, the pretty and indulged daughter of a Budapest businessman, is being taken to see the world by her parents. They stop for several weeks in Venice, where Aurelian, a young man once employed as Mr Lietzen’s secretary, is given the job of showing Irma the sights. Irma has plans for what this might involve but Aurelian, it seems, has other ideas. Author and playwright Ferenc Molnįr (1878–1952) was one of the pre-eminent literary fi gures of early 20th-century Hungary. In 1940 he emigrated to the United States, where his play ‘Liliom’ was adapted as the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'Carousel’.

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About the Authors

Author and playwright Ferenc Molnįr (1878-1952) was one of the pre-eminent literary figures of early 20th-century Hungary. In 1940 he emigrated to the United States, where his play 'Liliom' was adapted as the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'Carousel'.
Molnįr was described by the critic Clara Györgyey as a writer of 'whimsical and sophisticated drawing-room comedies, ' delivering 'a synthesis of realism and romanticism, cynicism and sentimentality.'


Annabel Barber, co-author of Blue Guide Rome, is the Blue Guides editor-in-chief.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blue Danube
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1916568041
• ISBN 13: 9781916568044
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248