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The Writer Abroad: Literary Travellers from Austria to Uzbekistan
Lucinda Hawksley
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Description for The Writer Abroad: Literary Travellers from Austria to Uzbekistan
Paperback. In The Writer Abroad, Lucinda Hawksley takes us on a literary journey around the world, through extracts from Arthur Conan Doyle in Australia, Joseph Conrad in the Congo, Charles Dickens in Italy, Henry James in France, Mary Wollstonecraft in Sweden, and many more. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
From the grand tour to the global village, novelists and poets have made particularly observant travellers. Many writers have been prone to wanderlust, eager to explore the world and draw inspiration from their travels. They recorded their notes in letters, journals, essays and books. In some cases, these became celebrated examples of travel writing, but there are many more accounts which remain overlooked. In The Writer Abroad, Lucinda Hawksley takes us on a literary journey around the world, through extracts from Arthur Conan Doyle in Australia, Joseph Conrad in the Congo, Charles Dickens in Italy, Henry James in France, Mary ... Read more
From the grand tour to the global village, novelists and poets have made particularly observant travellers. Many writers have been prone to wanderlust, eager to explore the world and draw inspiration from their travels. They recorded their notes in letters, journals, essays and books. In some cases, these became celebrated examples of travel writing, but there are many more accounts which remain overlooked. In The Writer Abroad, Lucinda Hawksley takes us on a literary journey around the world, through extracts from Arthur Conan Doyle in Australia, Joseph Conrad in the Congo, Charles Dickens in Italy, Henry James in France, Mary ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
British Library Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780712357876
SKU
V9780712357876
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-24
About Lucinda Hawksley
Lucinda Hawksley is an author, biographer and winner of the Ed Lacy Travel-Writing Award. Her travel articles have appeared in magazines and on websites, from the BBC to Vegetarian Magazine. Lucinda has also written more than 20 books, including three biographies of female artists: Lizzie Siddal, Kate Perugini (nee Dickens) and Princess Louise, as well as March, Women, March: Voices ... Read more
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