Publication date UK format 30/8/22 book 232 pages
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Synopsis
From childhood, Charles Dickens was fascinated by tales from other countries and other cultures, and he longed to see the world. In Dickens and Travel, Lucinda Hawksley looks at the journeys made by the author - who is also her great great great grandfather. Although Dickens is usually perceived as a London author, in the 1840s he whisked his family away to live in Italy for year, and spent several months in Switzerland. Some years later he took up residence in Paris and Boulogne (where he lived in secret with his lover). In addition to travelling widely in Europe, he also toured America twice, performed onstage in Canada and, before his untimely death, was planning a tour of Australia. Dickens and Travel enters into the world of the Victorian traveller and looks at how Charles Dickens's journeys influenced his writing and enriched his life.
My Review
This was a very interesting book which I thoroughly enjoyed reading. Everyone knows Dickens book but do you know the lengths he went to to get research and inspiration? Well this book definitely has that and more. The book has great detail about his travels. And I Learnt so many interesting things about him. I especially loved the extent he would go to to get inspiration including trying to visit an orphanage without being recognised. Which was increasingly difficult as he became more well known. I especially loved reading about his trip to a volcano. This book was obviously extremely well researched and flowed brilliantly. Which ment I easily became engrossed in this book and finished it in one day. If you are a fan of classic writing or history of dickens time then this book is definitely for you. I really do recommend reading it. I don't even think any stone was left unturned when the author wrote this book.
So much praise goes out to the author and publishers for creating this brilliant biography of such a fascinating man that certainly held my attention throughout.
Where you can buy this book
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