Pictures from Italy (Penguin Classics) by Dickens, Charles - 1998-07-01

Penguin Group, 1998. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Group, 1998. Paperback. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Classics, 1998-07-01. Paperback. New.

Penguin Classics, 1998-07-01. Paperback. Like New.

Penguin Books , pp. 272 . Papeback. New.

Paperback. Very Good.

Penguin, London, 1998. Reissued, 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good Condition. edited with an introduction and notes by Kate Flint. Colour illustrated card cover with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. In 1844 Charles Dickens left England for Italy for almost a year. "Bored with many of the traditional tourist sites and repelled by the greed and empty rituals of the Catholic Church, Dickens was attracted by the urban desolation, the colourful life of the streets and visible signs of the nation's richly textured past. He is especially drawn to the costumes, cross-dressing and she exuberant energy of the Roman Carnival. Although seldom overtly political, Pictures from Italy often touches on the corruption and cruelty of Italian history, the grinding poverty and a sense of continuing oppression lurking just below the surface." -- from the rear panel blurb. A previous owner has covered the book in a clear contact plastic. Browning of the textblock edges and pages.… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Italy's famous sights are all to be found here - St Peter's in Rome, Naples with Vesuvius smouldering in the background and canals of Venice. In this book, the author portrays a nation of great contrasts: between grandiose buildings and

Penguin Classics, 1998. Paperback. New. 272 pages. 8.25x5.00x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Italy's famous sights are all to be found here - St Peter's in Rome, Naples with Vesuvius smouldering in the background and canals of Venice. In this book, the author 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.