Pictures from Italy
$33.66
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
28 January 1998
Summary
Dickens’ Italian Sojourn: A Journey Through Light and Shadow
In 1844, Charles Dickens embarked on a transformative year-long journey through Italy, and Pictures from Italy is a captivating record of his experiences. He paints the country as a vibrant “magic-lantern show,” where vivid images unfold before the eyes of both the author and his readers.
From the grandeur of St. Peter’s in Rome to the iconic silhouette of Vesuvius looming over Naples, and the enchanting c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140434316 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140434313 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Charles Dickens, Kate Flint |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 28 January 1998 |
| Weight: | 205g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was born in 1812, the second of eight children. He received little formal education, but after a slow start, became a publishing phenomenon, and an instant success. Public grief at his death in 1870 was considerable- he was buried in the Poets’ Corner of Westminster Abbey.
Kate Flint is Professor of English at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She is author of The Woman Reader, 1837-1914 (1993) and The Victorians and the Visual Imagination (2000), and has published widely on nineteenth and twentieth century literary and cultural history. She is currently completing The Transatlantic Indian 1776-1930.
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