Excerpt from The Puppet Count Carlo Gozzi, the Venetian, says ingenuously that humanity has always quested after the marvelous like a hound, which may be true enough; and yet, he who has an extraordinary tale to tell must hesitate. But there are considerations other than my own which lead to this narration; and on their account I am will ing to risk people decrying it. For I have felt, and Monseigneur Reux has felt (i call him still that this should be told, not only to explain certain episodes for the students of ...
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Excerpt from The Puppet Count Carlo Gozzi, the Venetian, says ingenuously that humanity has always quested after the marvelous like a hound, which may be true enough; and yet, he who has an extraordinary tale to tell must hesitate. But there are considerations other than my own which lead to this narration; and on their account I am will ing to risk people decrying it. For I have felt, and Monseigneur Reux has felt (i call him still that this should be told, not only to explain certain episodes for the students of contemporary manners and politics, but as well to give the true reasons for the seemingly inex plicable conduct of a family whose affairs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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