Cornhill to Grand Cairo
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1991
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Collins & Brown (Verlag)
978-1-873054-01-7 (ISBN)
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This work from Thackeray's early career shows the style which was to make him a major literary figure. It is a spirited and witty account of his journey in 1844 to the Eastern Mediterranean to visit the newly-fashionable extensions to the Grand Tour of Constantinople, Jerusalem and Cairo.
This little-known work from Thackeray's early career, written while he was still an impecunious journalist and before the success of "Vanity Fair", shows the style which was soon to make him a major literary figure. It is a lively account of his journey in 1844 to the Eastern Mediterranean, via Gibraltar, Malta and Rhodes, to visit the newly-fashionable extensions to the Grand Tour of Constantinople, Jerusalem and Cairo. Thackeray travels by steamboat, itself a novelty, and gives his impressions of the people, antiquities and buildings which had already begun to captivate the imagination of the British public. These impressions combine to make a spirited and witty travelogue - sometimes irreverent, sometimes cynical, but vivid in description. The illustrations, some of which have only recently become accessible, are by leading orientalist painters of the period, a number of whom were visited by Thackeray on his journey and are featured in the book.
This little-known work from Thackeray's early career, written while he was still an impecunious journalist and before the success of "Vanity Fair", shows the style which was soon to make him a major literary figure. It is a lively account of his journey in 1844 to the Eastern Mediterranean, via Gibraltar, Malta and Rhodes, to visit the newly-fashionable extensions to the Grand Tour of Constantinople, Jerusalem and Cairo. Thackeray travels by steamboat, itself a novelty, and gives his impressions of the people, antiquities and buildings which had already begun to captivate the imagination of the British public. These impressions combine to make a spirited and witty travelogue - sometimes irreverent, sometimes cynical, but vivid in description. The illustrations, some of which have only recently become accessible, are by leading orientalist painters of the period, a number of whom were visited by Thackeray on his journey and are featured in the book.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.6.1991 |
|---|---|
| Einführung | Sarah Searight |
| Zusatzinfo | 50 colour and 60 b&w illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 251 x 226 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Afrika | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-873054-01-7 / 1873054017 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-873054-01-7 / 9781873054017 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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