Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. In 1592, Donata is a noble girl living in a palazzo on the Grand Canal. Please try your request again later. Thrice. Be the first to ask a question about Daughter of Venice. Link/Page Citation Random House, Dell Laurel Leaf. "Venice is a city of light and water, where colors flourish because of a spirit of hope. Daughter of Venice is similar to these books: The Gadget (novel), The House of the Scorpion, Mississippi Trial, 1955 and more. The beginning set up a beautiful setting of Venice, the middle set up a forbidden romance, and the end was a great sacrifice that could make anyone cry. Donata longs to be tutored like her brothers and to see the Venice she has glimpsed only on the. We both enjoyed reading this. Abstract. Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2014. Award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli whisks young readers away to glittering Renaissance Venice in this first-rate historical novel about a young woman who longs to... Free shipping over $10. Donata Mocenigo is the daughter of a wealthy noble in the city of Venice. Basically all the dowry money is going towards marrying off her older sister so Donata and her female siblings are looking at life in a convent stuck inside looking out all the time. Caterina Corner, a Venetian noblewoman and the last Queen of Cyprus, led a complex and remarkable life. When I was a kid, Donna Jo Napoli always had these really clever twists that threw me. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Unable to add item to List. Daughter of Venice. We’d love your help. Please try again. In a noble family, only one daughter and one son will be allowed to marry; Donata, like all younger daughters, will be sent to a convent. 3*. Enjoyable, but, and I hate to say it, pretty predictable. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. She even befriends a Jewish man who runs a newspaper-and decides to be an employee and learn to write and read as she earns money.Everyday she goes out to the Jewish ghetto and every night she returns home in time for dinner. I am curious if it will hold as much power for the middle schoolers who did not just come back from Venice as I did- I was enthralled to be able to read a fictional story set in the times that I just learned about when I was there, with some layers and complexity that I hadn’t considered as a tourist. A great book about culture long ago, which is so interesting for my nine year old. What is the world beyond her balcony, beyond what she sees when she glides, veiled, in a gondola down the canal? It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. When she returns to the palazzo, she asks to sit in on her brothers’ lessons with their tutor, and discovers that she has a great love of learning. The first being that the protagonist, Donata, seemed to waver between a bratty child a and a witty teen. But after reading deep into it, I realized it was as intense and sad as Red Necklace was. How can I be sure that a second hand book does not belong to a library? There's a scene in the very first chapter in which our young heroine ventures into a forbidden map room that beautifully evokes a sense of excitement and enchantment; from that moment I knew I was in good hands. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015. ", I love this story because it's a classic: A girl is against the way girls are treated in society, and Donata Mocenigo wants to see the world, because she is sick of being confined in her home, playing the violin( which she sucks at) and spinning yarn. But here's the catch: Only one daughter in each family is likely to be married. I didn't understand Donata as a main character because she wanted to marry one second, then didn't want to marry another second. Girls of her class receive no education and rarely leave the palazzo. This is my 11yo son's favorite book, he found it through his wonderful school librarian (hurrah for schools that still employ librarians!). Donata works as a copyist in the shop, and she learns how the Jewish community and the poor of Venice live, and becomes a more compassionate person, realizing how selfish she’s been by making her sisters account for her frequent absences. Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Joanna Vymeris and Rafael San Martin arrived early in the morning, and my flight landed a couple of hours later. Daughter of Venice. The main character is likeable and her adventures seem realistic, if bold. The book was hard to get through for a few reasons. Highly recommended! Usually, I do not enjoy Historical Fiction novels, but. I purchased this book for my 12 year old daughter to read as we spend 3 months in Italy. Beautifully written, great characters and plot line. I got this out of the library about three times when I was fourteen. First book of 2018 completed. Information Goodreads: Daughter of Venice Source: Purchased Published: 2002 Summary In wealthy Venetian families only one son and one daughter marry. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Laurel Leaf; Reprint edition (December 9, 2003). Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Teen & Young Adult Renaissance Historical Fiction, Teen & Young Adult European Historical Fiction. A daughter of Venice by Wood, John Seymour, 1853-1934. Also i couldn't finish it because it made me rediculously mad that women had such a restricted range of rights. I really enjoyed this book. Will she be able to set things right, so Laura can marry? A bit dense and slow at the beginning and I worried it wouldn’t pan out.. but the story is developed in a balanced and believable way and I was fully gripped by the end. Highly recommended - wishing there was a continuation of the story. Donata longs to be tutored like her brothers and to see the Venice she has glimpsed only on the map. Throughout it, I kept trying to guess what would happen next, how it would end, but generally, my predictions were vague or false, yet the outcomes that I failed to predict pleased me more than those I'd imagined. For her entire life she has been kept inside the house or only allowed out for parties. I only rated it 4 stars because Donata never got to marry the person that she loved. She doesn't like the role that women play in her society, and tries to go about finding a future for herself. Girls of her class receive no education and rarely leave the palazzo. This was such BAD book maybe the author should stop writing!I didn't like that the main character, who was 14, acted like an 10 year old. Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2018, Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016. In a noble family, only one daughter and one son will be allowed to marry; Donata, like all younger daughters, will be sent to a convent. In a noble family, only one daughter and one son will be allowed to marry; Donata, like all younger daughters, will be sent to a convent. She has never been taught to read and write, and she rarely leaves her family’s palazzo, except in the company of her mother and sisters. I'd heard good things about this book, and it didn't let me down. Book was used and in the condition I expected. In a noble family, only one daughter and one son will be allowed to marry; Donata, like all younger daughters, will be sent to a convent. She is one of many daughters in a noble family in a time when dowries were of great import. I have purchased this book in good faith and would like to be confident that it was the seller's property and not still the property of the school. :). It was an inspiring tale of a young noble girl trying to escape the confinement of her home and rules. I'm not a scholar of history, so can't speak to the accuracy of the author's research. I learned about early times in Venice right along with her. I REALLY LOVE THIS BOOK! The daughters are the young girls taken in as orphans and cared for by the'sisters of the Pietíæ. In 1592, Donata is a noble girl living in a palazzo on the Grand Canal. As a younger daughter, Donata will go to live in a convent when she comes of age. I read it as well and found it extremely interesting. She said that Albrecht Durer was Dut. Daughters of Venice: A Play. Second all this history made me feel like i am in school......not that i hate school as much as this book. Do not read this book!!! This book was truly inspiring especially if you pay attention to why Donata decides to sneak out. I don't know....I'm not a feminist or anything but it eas all i could think about as i was reading and i didn't keep my attention. Daughter of Venice: Caterina Corner, Queen of Cyprus and Woman of the Renaissance. She escapes and goes into a Jewish neighborhood, where she learns how to write and is educated. The only bright spot of the book was the Venetian setting with the canals and the rich details of the landscape. 271p. She loves to garden and bake bread, and even dreams of moving to the woods and becoming a naturalist. In a noble family, only one daughter and one son will be allowed to marry; Donata, like all younger daughters, will be sent to a convent. Share. Having recently received a copy of the Daughter of Venice I was pleasantly surprised to see that for a second hand book it was in very good condition. O my daughter!” in Act 2, Scene 8, his lines suggest one of the principal motif Donata risks everything; she changes her life, and her family’s life, forever when she walks through the door and encounters a Venice she never knew existed. What is the world beyond her balcony, beyond what she sees when she glides, veiled, in a gondola down the canal? Written for Chiswick Youth Theatre, this play of rich comedy and powerful drama has a large cast, with a preponderance of good female roles. The story moves along at a nice pace, with a bit of romantic feelings described but no descriptions of sexual contact/kissing of any kind. It is such a waste of time! Buy a cheap copy of Daughter of Venice book by Donna Jo Napoli. To see what your friends thought of this book. Daughter of Venice is the kind of book that a young person will really enjoy because it treats life's problems in an honest way, but does not pontificate about what one ought to do. In 1592, Donata is a noble girl living in a palazzo on the Grand Canal. adaughterof venice.byjohn seymourwood.il lustratedbyfrancis thayer newyork cassellpublishingcompany fourthavenue But, since she’s a girl, university study, which her brothers wish for, is denied her. The beginning of the book is a little slow, but it is appropriate to understand the lifestyle and Donata's family. Daughter of Venice. Fourteen-year-old Donata, a younger daughter of one of Venice’s wealthiest noble families, has been raised to expect little; according to the complex conventions of her society, only the oldest daughter of the family can expect to marry and leave the household. In 1468, Corner married King Jacques II Lusignan of Cyprus at the behest of her family, whose ambitions matched those … Second all this history made me feel like i am in school......not that i hate school as much as this book. I liked it a lot and it was very different from many of the books I have read before. Another of my favourite books alongside THE THIEF LORD set in Venice, because that’s clearly My Thing, this is a historical novel about a rich girl who sneaks out of her house to flirt with a cute Jewish boy who teaches her to write. I loved this novel. She dresses as a boy and escapes the palazzo on the Grand Canal to see the world before she is shut away, and to try to find a way to escape her fate. This book was definitely very interesting. It is a brilliant portrait of Venice, of the social, political, economic and religious forces that shape the everyday life of Venetians in the 16th century, both rich and poor. Donata longs to be tutored like her brothers and to see the Venice she has glimpsed only on the map. Best book of all time. Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2014. I recommend this book to all historical fiction fans. He's mine! In a noble family, only one daughter and one son will be allowed to marry; Donata, like all younger daughters, will be sent to a convent. Donata longs to be tutored like her brothers and to see the Venice she has glimpsed only on the map. Some pages it was just history. The coming-of-age story is captivating, even more so because it manages to comment unobtrusively on the fate of women in that Serenissima, where tolerance is guaranteed by practicality, but not when it comes to the daughters, the mothers, the sisters. She dresses as a boy and escapes the palazzo on the Grand Canal to see the world before she is shut away, and to try to find a way to escape her fate. In 1592, Donata is a noble girl living in a palazzo on the Grand Canal. This book is amazing and I'd reccomend it to anyone. Started reading, then, put it down as it was getting a bit slow for me, however as I wanted to simply finish it, I picked up the book again a few months after and I will admit that further on I have skipped a page or two here and there in places. She escapes and goes into a Jewish neighborhood, where she learns how to write and is educated. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015. Eventually, she hatches a cunning scheme for her to masquerade as a beggar boy and explore the city, with her twin sister covering up for her at home. I can't tell if I grew up or if this was just an off book, but I could tell where this was going the whole time. (I got them together at the library, recommended by my sis.) In a noble family, only one daughter and one son will be allowed to marry; Donata, like all younger daughters, will be sent to a convent. This is another book I'm going to find, and never give up! 0 Reviews. She wants an education, she wants to help the poor in her city, and most of all, she wants to be free. Donata longs to be tutored like her brothers and to see the Venice she has glimpsed only on the map. Donata grew up in Venice in the 16th century as a noble. She dresses as a boy and escapes the palazzo on the Grand Canal to see the world before she is shut away, and to try to find a way to escape her fate. O my ducats! Girls of her class receive no education and rarely leave the palazzo. I mean if you are going to write such a lame book at least GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT! Slow to start, but I raced through the final 100 pages. Coming from a family of over 7 children, Donata has a twin sister, Laura, that agrees to pretend to be her while she is out. All the political talk was really unnecessary too. About Daughter of Venice. What a wonderful way for him to gain an understanding of the freedoms denied to girls for so long. 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