Name: The Summer Tourist (en Inglés)
SKU: 66823783
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Author: Elizabeth Braddon, Mary

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Alpha Edition

Autor

Elizabeth Braddon, Mary

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

184

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9x15.2x1.1 cm

ISBN13

9789373050201

The Summer Tourist (en Inglés)

Elizabeth Braddon, Mary (Autor) · Alpha Edition · Tapa Blanda

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Steam hisses along the polished rails as strangers and secrets hurtle through the heart of nineteenth-century Europe-where every journey is an act of discovery and every landscape a living story. In these pages, the boundaries between sensation novels and travel essays dissolve, inviting readers to roam from the misty cliffs of Normandy and Brittany to the shadowed depths of the Black Forest, and onward to the luminous fjords of Norway. Each chapter is a window into the golden age of 19th-century tourism, when railway journeys first made the world accessible to the curious and the bold, and when the romance of the unknown beckoned from every distant station. Penned at the height of Victorian literature's fascination with adventure and the uncanny, this work blends the author's signature flair for intrigue with a keen eye for the shifting landscapes and social customs of Europe. The result is a tapestry woven from vivid impressions, wry observations, and the subtle interplay of myth and modernity-whether tracing the legends that haunt the Danube or capturing the fleeting joys and quiet melancholies of a summer abroad. It is a testament to the era's restless imagination, when travel was both a personal quest and a cultural awakening. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations, ensuring that the wit, insight, and atmospheric detail of a true literary pioneer are once again within reach. For lovers of classic-collection rarities and those drawn to the crossroads of sensation, history, and place, this edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Let your imagination journey with those first intrepid travellers, and rediscover the thrill of Europe as it once was: mysterious, dazzling, and forever new.