LN211 Storyscapes: The Passion - Jeanette Winterson

  • 21 Nov 2025
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • The Louvre
  • 10

Registration

  • Lili Varga, Theodor Cozart-Madsen

Event Description

In this novel (pardon the pun) offering, WICE attendees will read Jeanette Winterson’s 1987 novel “The Passion,” and then tour the Louvre examining and discussing different paintings that relate to the novel’s plot, themes, characters, events, and locations.

“The Passion” is described on Amazon as “Set during the tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars, The Passion intertwines the destinies of two remarkable people: Henri, a simple French soldier, who follows Napoleon from glory to Russian ruin; and Villanelle, the red-haired, web-footed daughter of a Venetian boatman, whose husband has gambled away her heart. In Venice's compound of carnival, chance, and darkness, the pair meet their singular destiny.”

The exact meeting place and other details will be in the 7-day and 1-day reminder emails. The event is expected to last approximately three hours, including time for coffee or drinks afterwards to socialize.

Registration for this event opens on Friday, 24 October. 

About the Guides

Lili Varga and Theodor Cozart-Madsen are both interning at WICE this autumn in the Literature Program.  





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