[Gutenberg 2311] • Travels through France and Italy
- Authors
- Smollett, T.
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Tags
- france -- social life and customs -- 18th century , t. (tobias) , italy -- description and travel -- early works to 1800 , history , france -- description and travel -- early works to 1800 , classics , nice (france) -- description and travel -- early works to 1800 , 1721-1771 -- travel -- italy , travel , 1721-1771 -- travel -- france , italy -- social life and customs -- 18th century , smollett
- ISBN
- 9781544038032
- Date
- 1766-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.33 MB
- Lang
- en
"Traduced by malice, persecuted by fiction, abandoned by false patrons, and overwhelmed by the sense of a domestic calamity," Tobias Smollett set off on a journey through France and Italy to relieve his despair. While there, he wrote regularly to his friends, and the result is this fascinating, wholeheartedly personal account of places and he encountered.
*Travels through France and Italy* is a landmark work in travel literature. Full of prejudice, grousing, sharp observation, and caustic satire, it is the first travel book in modern literature to go beyond the simple conveyance of information to reflect the writer's state of mind.