Carlo Goldoni (Author of La locandiera)

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Carlo Goldoni

Born

in Venice, Italy

February 25, 1707

Died

February 06, 1793

Genre

Theatre, Memoir

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Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty. His plays offered his contemporaries images of themselves, often dramatizing the lives, values, and conflicts of the emerging middle classes. Though he wrote in French and Italian, his plays make rich use of the Venetian language, regional vernacular, and colloquialisms. Goldoni also wrote under the pen name and title "Polisseno Fegeio, Pastor Arcade," which he claimed in his memoirs the "Arcadians of Rome" bestowed on him. ...more

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	La locandiera 3.56 avg rating — 9,294 ratings — published 1753 — 243 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Servant of Two Masters (Plays for Performance Series) by Carlo Goldoni, Dorothy Louise (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 2,790 ratings — published 1745 — 156 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La bottega del caff猫 by Carlo Goldoni, Roberta Turchi (editor) 3.49 avg rating — 627 ratings — published 1750 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trilogia della villeggiatura 3.68 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 1761 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Rusteghi by Carlo Goldoni, Guido Davico Bonino (curator) 3.57 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 1762 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gl'Innamorati 3.47 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1759 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Baruffe Chiozzotte 3.49 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1762 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Liar: Play 3.70 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1753 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il ventaglio 3.40 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1763 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le smanie per la villeggiatura 3.52 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1761 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Each day a day goes by.”
― Carlo Goldoni

tags: carlo, goldoni, time

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“Il mondo 猫 un bel libro, ma poco serve a chi non lo sa leggere.”
― Carlo Goldoni, Pamela nubile

tags: book, libro, mondo, world

23 likes

“ La nobilt脿 non fa per me. La ricchezza la stimo e non la stimo. Tutto il mio piacere consiste nel vedermi servita, desiderata, adorata. Questa 猫 la mia debolezza, e questa 猫 la debolezza di quasi tutte le donne...”
― Carlo Goldoni, La locandiera

tags: romance, women

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August 2021 Short Story/Novella Poll

The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, 48 pages, 1884

43 votes, 21.5%

The Lady in the Looking Glass by Virginia Woolf, 75 pages, 1960

37 votes, 18.5%

How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy, 66 pages, 1886

36 votes, 18.0%

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez, 120 pages, 1981

36 votes, 18.0%

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories Title Story, by Angela Carter, 128 pages, 1979

25 votes, 12.5%

The Doom of the Griffiths by Elizabeth Gaskell, 48 pages, 1858

13 votes, 6.5%

The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, 128 pages, 1745

10 votes, 5.0%

200 total votes

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