- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Nuvision Publications (December 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1595476075
- ISBN-13: 978-1595476074
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,631,155 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
Book Description
Travels Through France And Italy was written by Tobias Smollett and was published in 1766. After suffering the loss of his only child, 15-year-old Elizabeth, in April of 1763, Smollett left England in June of that year. Together with his wife, he traveled across France to Nice. In the autumn of the next year, he visited Genoa, Rome, Florence, and other towns of Italy. After staying in Nice for the winter he returned to London by June 1765. Travels through France and Italy is his account of this journey. Smollett describes in accurate detail the natural phenomena, history, social life, economics, diet, and morals of the places he visited.
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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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