A Year of Consolation, Vol. 1 of 2
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2019
- Softcover
- New

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- Title
- A Year of Consolation, Vol. 1 of 2
- Author
- Fanny Kemble
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- PAP
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 133120724X
- ISBN 13
- 9781331207245
- Item weight
- 501 grams
< p >In this diary-like edition, a noted writer shares her journey from Havre to Paris and beyond, blending sharp social insight with lively storytelling. The pages sketch bustling ports, crowded trains, and Parisian life, all seen through a curious, sometimes humorous, but always observant eye. This edition presents a rich glimpse of the author’s perspective on travel, culture, and conversation in the 19th century.
The book invites readers to follow along as experiences unfold—from the challenges of early travel to the small, human moments that make a voyage memorable. It captures weather, hotels, and everyday life with a distinctive voice that mixes irony, warmth, and clear-eyed honesty.
- Bright, detailed scenes of sea travel, overland journeys, and early rail travel.
- Sharp social commentary on places, people, and customs encountered abroad.
- Personal reflections and humor that illuminate the author’s travel year.
- A candid sense of time, place, and mood that grounds the journey in real experience.
Ideal for readers who enjoy accessible, character-driven travel writing with a historical perspective.
EDWARD SARTORIS, EsQ., THIS BOOK! EDWARD, A YEAR’S experience and observation of your fine and critical judgment would hardly have encouraged me to place your name on the title-page of my book but a sojourn of that length under the shelter of your roof has enabled me to appeal, with perfect confidence, to your kindness and indulgence. To them, and the affectionate and generous interest you have ever shown me, I venture to offer, as a most inadequate token of gratitude, this record of the happy year I spent in Italy.
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