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Dickens on France - Fiction, Journalism and Travel Writing (Hardcover)
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Dickens on France - Fiction, Journalism and Travel Writing (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R540
Discovery Miles 5 400
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"Charles Dickens, Francais naturalise, et Citoyen de Paris." This
is how Dickens signed a letter from France to his friend John
Forster in 1847. Behind the joke lay a fascination for French life
and culture and a sense of affinity with the country that would
take him back often and that would find expression in some of his
finest work. "Dickens on France" brings together short stories,
extracts from novels and travel writing. Among its journalistic
highlights, are accounts of a train journey from London to Paris, a
rough Channel crossing, the pleasures of Boulogne, and Parisian
life in the 1850s and 1860s. Extracts from the travelogue Pictures
from Italy, take us by coach from Paris to Marseille. The selected
short stories include "His Boots", a section of "Mrs Lirriper's
Legacy" and "The Boy at Mugby", and there are extracts from "A Tale
of Two Cities", "Little Dorrit", "Dombey and Son", "Nicholas
Nickleby", and "Our Mutual Friend". Dickens was interested
primarily in the character of places he visited, the behaviour of
people he observed in them, and in the sensation and psychology of
travelling. These preoccupations keep the writing fresh and
accessible. It requires no leap through time to appreciate his
musings on his fellow passengers, his reflections on sitting in a
Paris cafe, his random exploration of city streets or small country
towns, or his opposition to cultural bigotry. Infused with energy,
perception and open-mindedness, this collection vividly evokes life
in France and Britain in the nineteenth century and reminds us,
however much progress we make, how little we change. "Dickens on
France" is extensively annotated to provide historical and
autobiographical contexts, and to highlight literary and other
allusions. Brief chapter introductions and a general introduction
to the volume, highlight key aspects of the selections and discuss
the nature of Dickens's enduring relationship with France.
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