PICTURES FROM ITALY (annotated)
Category: Books,Travel,Europe
PICTURES FROM ITALY (annotated) Details
‘Pictures from Italy’ by Charles Dickens – a timeless literary masterpiece of the Victorian era – has captivated millions of hearts and minds of readers for a century and a half all over the world. This unique edition includes dedicated author’s biography, novel synopsis, historical context, little knows facts, contemporary critique and illustrations. This edition is also carefully formatted for comfortable reading.‘Pictures from Italy’ is an account of Charles Dickens’ travels in Italy in 1844. That year, Charles Dickens made a short break from writing novels, and took his family on a few months trip to France and Italy. Needless to say, Dickens visited many of the important sites like Rome, Naples, Genoa, Bologna, Pisa, Siena, Venice and Florence. ‘Pictures from Italy’ is a travelogue in which the author depicts the country and nation of vast contracts, from magnificent buildings to urban plight. Dickens was enamoured by colourful life on Italian streets, and especially carnival. ‘Pictures from Italy’ was published as a book in 1846. This is a very entertaining piece of writing and a must read for all those who love Italy. ‘Pictures from Italy’ was first published in 1846.Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and died in 1870. He left a legacy of magnificent novels that are still very popular with readers.
Reviews
This is a Highly Abridged version of this travelogue, something that was not disclosed in the online description. I tossed it. The point seems to have been to create a modern artistic rendering of some parts of Dickens's journey. In the process, much of Dickens best writing is eliminated. What a fraud to use the original name of an important work of literature and then arbitrarily, or so it seemed, remove the main reason people read the book -- that is, to see what Dickens's impressions were.