By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy - Softcover

Gissing, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497524148 ISBN 13: 9781497524149

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

A fascinating travelogue of time spent in Southern Italy.

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Review

When the gentleman traveler George Gissing headed for Calabria in 1897 he wrote, "Every man has his intellectual desire; mine is to escape life as I know it and dream myself into that old world which was the imaginative delight of my boyhood." Gissing, who led a life filled with hardship and bitter disappointment, yearned for the rapture of the river Galaesus and the freedom he associated with the classical vision. Though he encountered rough terrain, poor accommodations, and often bitter disappointment, he learned the truth about himself and emerged triumphant.

From the Back Cover

Gissing's early life was one of intense poverty elevated by a sound education. Armed with guidebooks and classical accounts, Gissing made two memorable trips to the Mediterranean: first to Rome and Athens in 1886, and eleven years later to Calabria and the wild Italian coast south of Naples, which resulted in this book.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1497524148
• ISBN 13: 9781497524149
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 70