Name: The Lure of the North (The London Library) (en Inglés)
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Author: William Dawson Hooker
ISBN: 9781782272489

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Libro Físico

Editorial

Pushkin Pr

Autor

William Dawson Hooker

Año

2017

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9781782272489

The Lure of the North (The London Library) (en Inglés)

William Dawson Hooker (Autor) · Pushkin Pr · Tapa Blanda

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The 19th-century boom in mass tourism, fuelled by the introduction of the railways, brought with it the rise of travel writing. Guided excursions such as "Cook's Tours" (the first of which was led by Thomas Cook in 1841, and went from Leicester to Loughborough) were not for everyone. Many preferred to strike out alone into the depths of foreign lands. Of these foreign lands, Norway appealed to the more intrepid: the grand scenery, exotic peasantry and comparative cheapness of the Far North suited the enthusiasm of the young (or female) tourist.The books in "Found on the Shelves" have been chosen to give a fascinating insight into the treasures that can be found while browsing in The London Library. Now celebrating its 175th anniversary, with over seventeen miles of shelving and more than a million books, The London Library has become an unrivalled archive of the modes, manners and thoughts of each generation which has helped to form it.From essays on dieting in the 1860s to instructions for gentlewomen on trout-fishing, from advice on the ill health caused by the "modern" craze of bicycling to travelogues from Norway, they are as readable and relevant today as they were more than a century ago--even if it is no longer the Norwegian custom for tourists to be awoken by "the best-looking girl in the house"!