A Spinster’s Tour in France, the States of Genoa, etc., during the Year 1827 (Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe) - Softcover

Strutt, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108019153 ISBN 13: 9781108019156

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

The romantic novelist Elizabeth Strutt (1783-c.1863) was ideally suited to the task she set herself when, in 1827, she wrote A Spinster's Tour in France (1828). Although she herself was married, her experiences convinced her of the urgent need for a guidebook designed for the unaccompanied 'lady traveller'. Taking readers through every stage of a long and eventful journey from Southampton to Recco (near Genoa), Strutt combines poetic descriptions of picturesque landscapes with practical advice on lodgings, transport and social interaction. Of particular concern, claims Strutt, is the vulnerability of unchaperoned young women at the hands of 'zealous Roman Catholics' who might seek to convert a 'timid child' to their faith. Strutt's book provides an unusual perspective both on European customs and society, and on the mindset of the British travellers who witnessed them. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=struel

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Book Description:

The romantic novelist Elizabeth Strutt (1783-c.1863) published this guidebook for the unaccompanied 'lady traveller' in 1828. Strutt's carefully-observed account of an eventful journey provides an unusual perspective both on European customs and society of her time, and on the mindset of the British travellers who witnessed them.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1108019153
• ISBN 13: 9781108019156
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 440