Eothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East
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A solitary Western traveler in the Middle East in 1834, this is an extraordinary work of travel writing that is more about the author's internal journey than it is about monuments and museums, one that replicates the personal experience of travel and how it changes who we are. Kinglake's intimate, conversational style and his sense of humor and irony lend Eothen-the title means "from the early dawn" or "from the East"-an air that still feels as fresh and original in the 21st century as it must have when it was first published in 1844.This delightful travelogue of a young Englishman's journey t...
Chapters (32)(click to expand)
- EOTHEN—A. W. KINGSLAKE
- CHAPTER I—OVER THE BORDER
- CHAPTER II—TURKISH TRAVELLING
- CHAPTER III—CONSTANTINOPLE
- CHAPTER IV—THE TROAD
- CHAPTER V—INFIDEL SMYRNA
- CHAPTER VI—GREEK MARINERS
- CHAPTER VII—CYPRUS
- CHAPTER VIII—LADY HESTER STANHOPE [14]
- CHAPTER IX—THE SANCTUARY
- CHAPTER X—THE MONKS OF PALESTINE
- CHAPTER XI—GALILEE
- CHAPTER XII—MY FIRST BIVOUAC
- CHAPTER XIII—THE DEAD SEA
- CHAPTER XIV—THE BLACK TENTS
- CHAPTER XV—PASSAGE OF THE JORDAN
- CHAPTER XVI—TERRA SANTA
- CHAPTER XVII—THE DESERT
- CHAPTER XVIII—CAIRO AND THE PLAGUE [30]
- CHAPTER XIX—THE PYRAMIDS
- CHAPTER XX—THE SPHINX
- CHAPTER XXI—CAIRO TO SUEZ
- CHAPTER XXII—SUEZ
- CHAPTER XXIII—SUEZ TO GAZA
- CHAPTER XXIV—GAZA TO NABLUS
- CHAPTER XXV—MARIAM
- CHAPTER XXVI—THE PROPHET DAMOOR
- CHAPTER XXVII—DAMASCUS
- CHAPTER XXVIII—PASS OF THE LEBANON
- CHAPTER XXIX—SURPRISE OF SATALIEH
- APPENDIX—THE HOME OF LADY HESTER STANHOPE
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