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Up at a Villa—Down in the City. by Robert Browning. 1. Had I but plenty of money, money enough and to spare, The house for me, no doubt, were a house in the city-square; Ah, such a life, such a life, as one leads at the window there! 2. Something to see, by Bacchus, something to hear, at least! There, the whole day long, one's life is a ...
Up At the Villa. In 1938, a penniless English widow, on vacation near Florence, considers the marriage proposal of an aging British aristocrat and newly appointed governor of Bengal, takes pity on an Austrian refugee, stands up to a Fascist police chief, and gets in harm's way with an American playboy. After a good deed results in tragedy, she ...
Up at the Villa, W. Somerset Maugham Up at the Villa is a 1941 novella by William Somerset Maugham about a young widow caught among three men: her suitor, her one-night stand, and her confidant. A fast-paced story, Up at the Villa incorporates elements of the crime and suspense novel.
Up at the Villa is a 2000 British film directed by Philip Haas, based on the 1941 novella Up at the Villa by W. Somerset Maugham. The movie stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Derek Jacobi, and Sean Penn. In the film, subplots were added to expand the material to feature film length, which some reviewers criticised.
10/10. One of the Year's Best! pied 2 December 2000. Radiant performance by Kristen Scott Thomas, excellent performances by Sean Penn (understated) Ann Bancroft and James Fox as well as the actor who plays the Austrian refugee--make this one of the year's most underrated and best films.
Aug 17, 2011 · In Up at the Villa, Maugham tells a story about a woman widowed from an unsatisfying marriage and who makes a careless mistake while on holiday in Florence that upends her life entirely. Rain is the story of a British missionary returning from furlough to his mission in the South Sea Islands when he confronts a worthy adversary in the form of a harlot from Hawaii and is bested in his attempts to convert her.
- W. Somerset Maugham
Up at the Villa (2000) starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft and directed by Philip Haas. Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this tale of death, seduction, blackmail, and theft amongst British and Americans in Florence, Italy in the turbulent days just before World War II.
