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by Charles Dickens (Author), Kate Flint (Introduction) "IF the readers of this volume will be so kind as to take their credentials for the different places which are the subject of its..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (30 Mar 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140434313
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140434316
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 331,496 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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. Avoiding preconceptions and stereotypes, he portrays a nation of great contrasts: between grandiose buildings and squalid poverty, and between past and present, as he observes everyday life beside ancient monuments. Combining thrilling travelogue with piercing social commentary, Pictures from Italy is a revealing depiction of an exciting and disquieting journey.


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CHARLES DICKENS was born in 1812, the second of eight children. He received little formal education, but after a slow start, became a publishing phenomenon, and an instant success. Public grief at his death in 1870 was considerable: he was buried in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. Kate Flint is Professor of English at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She is author of The Woman Reader, 1837-1914 (1993) and The Victorians and the Visual Imagination (2000), and has published widely on nineteenth and twentieth century literary and cultural history. She is currently completing The Transatlantic Indian 1776-1930.

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IF the readers of this volume will be so kind as to take their credentials for the different places which are the subject of its author's reminiscences, from the Author himself, perhaps they may visit them, in fancy, the more agreeably, and with a better understanding of what they are to expect. Read the first page
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3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting, non-typical Victorian travel book., 22 Jan 2001
Pictures from Italy is a travelogue by one of the most eminent Victorian writers. It is interesting as it skips the works of art and the architecture of Italian cities ("which can be found in any Baedecker"), and focuses on their inhabitants and their costumes in xix century. The most beautiful pages are those dedicated to Rome, a city very similar to London, as the author points out. Another wonderful four pages are those that describe a dream called Venice as a surrealistic city. By reading his travelogue one learns something about the author of Oliver Twist.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Taste of a past age, 29 Aug 2009
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To my shame, I didn't know of this book's existence until an Italian acquaintance asked about it. It describes perfectly the Italy of the Victorian, post-Garibaldi era. If you don't read Dickens for pleasure you may find his prose-style a little trying but keep going- it's worth the effort.
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