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In 1844, Charles Dickens took a break from novels to travel in Italy for almost a year. This thrilling travelogue is the result of his encounters with Italy's colorful street life, the visible signs of its richly textured past, and its urban desolation. Dickens was particularly drawn to the costumes, cross-dressing, and sheer exuberant energy of the Roman carnival. Avoiding the traditional tourist sites, Pictures from Italy reveals the anxieties and concerns of its author as he presents, according to Kate Flint, the country "like a chaotic magic-lantern show, fascinated both by the spectacle it offers, and by himself as spectator."
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Social life and customs, English Novelists, Description and travel, Travel, Fiction, Classic Literature, Biography, Authors, biography, Dickens, charles, 1812-1870, Italy, description and travel, [récit de voyage], 1845, Résidences et lieux familiers, Descriptions et voyages, Récit de voyage, Authors, englishPeople
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)Places
Italy, United States, Canada, ItalieTimes
19th century, 1801-1860, 1844, 19e siècleShowing 11 featured editions. View all 83 editions?
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From the book:If the readers of this volume will be so kind as to take their credentials for the different places which are the subject of its author's reminiscences, from the Author himself, perhaps they may visit them, in fancy, the more agreeably, and with a better understanding of what they are to expect. Many books have been written upon Italy, affording many means of studying the history of that interesting country, and the innumerable associations entwined about it. I make but little reference to that stock of information; not at all regarding it as a necessary consequence of my having had recourse to the storehouse for my own benefit, that I should reproduce its easily accessible contents before the eyes of my readers.
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