From tours of Britain and Europe by Daniel Defoe and Ann Radcliffe to adventures further afield, such as Charles Darwin’s voyage to Australia or Roald Dahl’s time in north Africa, this illustrated collection records writers’ responses to the landscapes, flora, fauna, or people they encountered while travelling. Taken from letters, journals and books, the extracts reflect the wonder and inspiration authors experienced while exploring the continents.
From the grand tour to the global village, novelists and poets have made particularly observant travellers. Many writers have been prone to wanderlust, eager to explore the world and draw inspiration from their travels. They recorded their notes in letters, journals, essays and books. In some cases, these became celebrated examples of travel writing, but there are many more accounts which remain overlooked. In The Writer Abroad, Lucinda Hawksley takes us on a literary journey around the world, through extracts from Arthur Conan Doyle in Australia, Joseph Conrad in the Congo, Charles Dickens in Italy, Henry James in France, Mary Wollstonecraft in Sweden, and many more.
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