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  • Voices

    • August 14, 2021
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    Part of the richness of a story can be provided by the range of voices it contains.  One challenge for the writer, therefore, is to create voices which have a recognisable pattern and identity.  Voice, in this sense, is an outward expression of a character’s attitude and personality.  To an extent, it is deliberately crafted
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  • Stefano

    • March 14, 2020
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    One of the central characters of ‘Casanova in Paris’ is the monk Stefano.  He is based upon a real person with whom Casanova had a short stormy acquaintance with as he travelled from Ancona to Rome.  While coarse, lazy and ill-educated, nonetheless, Stefano rescued Casanova from a number of difficult situations.  Here Casanova describes their
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  • Hide and seek

    • August 18, 2018
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      Much of the narrative of ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ revolves around the machinations of two of Louis XV’s spymasters and these final pages of a sequence in which Gabrielle arranges a meeting with Casanova highlights pretty well the theme of hiding, seeking (and revealing) information.  The meeting is secret.  Gabrielle
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