# Pictures from Italy

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- Authors: [Charles Dickens](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-dickens)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2006-03-30

## Description

In 1844, Charles Dickens took a break from novel writing to travel through Italy for almost a year and Pictures from Italy is an illuminating account of his experiences there. He presents the country like a magic-lantern show, as vivid images ceaselessly appear before his - and his readers' - eyes. Italy's most famous sights are all to be found here - St Peter's in Rome, Naples with Vesuvius smouldering in the background, the fairytale buildings and canals of Venice - but Dickens's chronicle is not simply that of a tourist. Avoiding preconceptions and stereotypes, he portrays a nation of great contrasts: between grandiose buildings and squalid poverty, and between past and present, as he observes everyday life beside ancient monuments. Combining thrilling travelogue with piercing social commentary, Pictures from Italy is a revealing depiction of an exciting and disquieting journey.

## Editions

### Pictures from Italy

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4043-431-6
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2006-03-30
- Language: en_GB

### Pictures from Italy

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-724-6
- Published: 2006-03-30
- Language: en_GB