Pictures from Italy
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About This Book
In 1844, Charles Dickens took a break from novel writing to travel through Italy for almost a year, and Pictures from Italy is an illuminating account of his experiences there. He presents the country like a magic-lantern show, as vivid images ceaselessly appear before his - and his readers' - eyes. Italy's most famous sights are all to be found here - St Peter's in Rome, Naples with Vesuvius smouldering in the background, the fairytale buildings and canals of Venice - but Dickens's chronicle is not simply that of a tourist. Combining compelling travelogue with piercing social commentary, he p...
Chapters (46)(click to expand)
- AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION [1] AND PICTURES FROM ITALY
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE READER’S PASSPORT
- GOING THROUGH FRANCE
- LYONS, THE RHONE, AND THE GOBLIN OF AVIGNON
- AVIGNON TO GENOA
- GENOA AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD
- TO PARMA, MODENA, AND BOLOGNA
- THROUGH BOLOGNA AND FERRARA
- AN ITALIAN DREAM
- TO ROME BY PISA AND SIENA
- ROME
- A RAPID DIORAMA
- FOOTNOTES
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