Pictures from Italy
'When Dickens has described something you see it for the rest of your life' George Orwell
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 portrays a nation of great contrasts: between grandiose buildings and squalid poverty, ancient monuments and everyday life, past and present.
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Kate Flint
- Author
- Charles Dickens, Kate Flint
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 220
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 978-0-14-043431-6
- EAN
- 9780140434316
- Genres
- travel, classics, italy, literature, history, essays, travelogue
- Release date
- 1998
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