Travels Through France and Italy [Paperback]

Tobias Smollett (Author), Osbert Sitwell (Introduction)

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Paperback: 303 pages
Publisher: Marlboro Press; 1 edition (Oct 30 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0810160536
ISBN-13: 978-0810160538
Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.5 x 2.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 363 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,254,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"It is the work of a scholar, an observer of human nature, and a satirist of no mean order. It gives us characteristic social vignettes, portraits of the road of an unsurpassed freshness and clearness. It contains some historical and geographical observations worthy of one of the shrewdest and most sagacious publicists of the day." -- Thomas Seccombe, in his introduction to Travels through France and Italy

"Even after 235 years it still amuses and occasionally outrages readers" -- The Contemporary Review

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Writer Tobias Smollett set off on a journey through France and Italy to relieve a low period in his life. Promising to keep records of inns, prices, and methods of transport for friends who might wish to make the journey, he wrote faithfully. Filled with prejudice, grousing, sharp observation, and caustic satire, Smollett's writings go beyond simple information to become one of the first travelogues to reflect the writer's state of mind .

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2.0 out of 5 stars Format is Awful, and Very Distracting, Sep 16 2010

By Leslie M. Ficcaglia "lficcaglia" - Published on Amazon.com

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Attempting to read this on my Kindle, I found it extremely distracting because the lines are cut off before the return, so there is a long line of words followed by a trailing word or three on a very short succeeding line, followed by a long line and then a short one again. It's almost impossible for me to enjoy a book that is so visually confusing. I wish I had known...

Reading it on my Mac is much better because the window simply shows the full wordage on each line, although the page seems rather narrow compared to other books. I imagine it would work just as well on an iPad.

Smollett himself is delightful, but this version renders it difficult to appreciate him.

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