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The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice | Laurel Corona
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In glittering 18th-century Venice, music and love are prized above all else--and for two sisters coming of age, the city's passions blend in intoxicating ways.Chiaretta and Maddalena are as different as night and day. The two sisters were abandoned as babies on the steps of the Ospedale della Piet, Venice's world-famous foundling hospital and musical academy. High-spirited and rebellious, Chiaretta marries into a great aristocratic Venetian family and eventually becomes one of the most powerful women in Venice. Maddalena becomes a violin virtuoso and Antonio Vivaldi's muse. The Four Seasons is a rich, literary imagination of the world of 18th-century Venice and the lives and loves of two extraordinary women.Praise for THE FOUR SEASONS"Pop Vivaldi's masterpiece into the CD player, brew a pot of tea, and prepare to relinquish the rest of your afternoon. Corona brings Venice and Vivaldi to life, delivering a stirring story of love, ambition, and music that will keep you reading long after the last note of the concerto has ended."--Lauren Willig, author of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation"Corona does a magnificent job of showing us the violent contradictions of life in 18th-century Venice, through the eyes of two musically gifted orphan sisters. Their relationships with music and particularly with the complex, enigmatic figure of Antonio Vivaldi are sensitively explored. This novel resists the easy clich and really succeeds in drawing a world that is both panoramic and intimate."--Susanne Dunlap, author of Liszt's Kiss"Music and the dangerous, exquisite world of 18th-century Venice form the setting of this poetic, sensual story of two orphaned sisters. The Four Seasons is a beautifully written addition to the handful of fascinating novels about women and the arts in this most intriguing of cities."--Stephanie Cowell, author of Marrying Mozart"Laurel Corona's The Four Seasons is a poignant tale of two sisters, layered exquisitely over the exotic world of brilliant priest/composer Vivaldi and his 18th-century Venice. The result: a vibrant crescendo of hearts and history."--Karen Harper, author of The Last Boleyn and The First Princess of Wales"I've never been to Venice, played a violin, or for that matter carried a tune, but after reading The Four Seasons I feel that I've experienced all three, and through them come to a better understanding of the many forms love takes. Brava, Laurel Corona."--Sally Gunning, author of The Widow's War and Bound
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Skygoddess1
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Looking forward to participating in my first Fully Booked Challenge. Thank you to @Cinfhen and @BarbaraTheBibliophage for putting this together. #Booked2019

Cinfhen Yay!!! Welcome 🎉🎉🎉looking forward to seeing your picks. I‘m tagging our third fabulous co-host @4thhouseontheleft 😊 6y
Cinfhen And thanks for the repost 😊☃️🌷🌞🍁 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Thanks for sharing! This makes the new year even more exciting, doesn‘t it? Glad you‘re with us. 6y
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Chrissyreadit
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#favoritebookstore The Four Seasons in Shepherdstown WV - perfect stop to get the book I ordered for my son. (Tomorrow When The War Began).

AmyG Lovely storefront. 7y
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Maddalena had been half listening while trying to recall how the Vivaldi's violin had sounded and remembering his wink.....Chiaretta said. "Her sister's in a convent already. There's enough for one dowry, and the parents chose Antonia to be the one who marries. They think she's the smartest and the healthiest that's why."
"What did her sister think?"
" I don't know. Antonio didn't say. Her parents decided for her."
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TaylorMay
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I Love Autumn (even though I live in California and it only lasts a few weeks) so I am beyond #ReadyForFall. This 100° and over heat can stop any day now.

Read4life Right there with you. 🍁 7y
BookBabe Me too! 🍂 7y
TaylorMay My only problem is that I live in California. So it won't come till October and it will.last about a minute and a half 😢 @Read4life & @BookBabe so if you get an actual Autumn season plz send pics!!! 7y
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TaylorMay Ps the 100° heat is still in full force 7y
Read4life @TaylorMay Will do. The Blue Ridge Parkway is gorgeous when the leaves all change in the mountains. 🍁🍁 7y
GA_Bookworm07 Im loving the early fall we have. Cant wait to its here to stay. Temps of 103 gets old. 🍂🍁🍃🌿🍀🌾🌱🌵🌻🌳 7y
TaylorMay @penpal1016 consider me jealous. Yes it really does get old quick. I love the fall and rain. I would live in Scotland or even Washington if I could 7y
GA_Bookworm07 We are only having weather like this cuz of the storms coming. Hoping we dont get hit with hurricanes. The wind is worse today 7y
TaylorMay Hope that the major storms missed you! @penpal1016 7y
GA_Bookworm07 It did thanks 7y
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gnjatovic
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Perfect! ❤

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BooksRockMyWorld
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Starting a new book! 😍

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shawnmooney
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Bibliogeekery Amazing!! I was just noticing in myself how my seasonal justifications for reading were shifting as the season begins to change! 8y
JanuarieTimewalker13 Hahaha!! Love this!!! Thanks for posting!!! 8y
[DELETED] 2232195534 Yep. That would be me! 😂 8y
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LeahBergen 👍🏼👍🏼 8y
SharonGoforth I have that conversation all the time😊 8y
Hooked_on_books Love this! 8y
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cewilf
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A pleasure read that I couldn't put down. Awesome book for those interested in historical Venice. No idea how accurate it is, but it definitely made me want to do some more research on the city and Vivaldi.