PC Pictures From Italy

Dickens, Charles

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Although seldom overtly political, Pictures from Italy often touches on the corruption and cruelty of Italian history, the grinding poverty and a sense of continuing oppression lurking just below the surface.

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Publish Date: 29/01/1998
ISBN: 9780140434316 Category: Tags: ,

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‘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

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Weight 202 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 16 mm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

220

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

914.50483 (edition:21)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K