Matilda Betham-Edwards

Broschiertes Buch

East Of Paris; Sketches In The Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, And Champagne

Beschreibung

A quiet invitation to wander, and a doorway to a vanished countryside. East Of Paris invites readers to tread the Gatinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne as Matilda Betham-Edwards saw them: vivid topographical sketches threaded with human story, lighted by a keen, affectionate gaze. This illustrated travelogue blends travel writing with intimate ethnographic observation, offering topographical sketches that map landscapes, loyalties, and local rhythms. The book stands as a masterclass in nineteenth century france, where regional French landscapes are rendered with care, humour, and an eye for small details that illuminate daily life. Its classic voice speaks both to the curious traveller planning france trips and to lovers of historical prose seeking texture, atmosphere, and cultural context. Lit craft and historical significance sit at the heart of the volume: Betham-Edwards captures a France that is at once enduring and evolving, making this work a valued artefact for scholars and an enduring pleasure for general readers. For modern collectors and casual readers alike, East Of Paris is more than a reprint-it is a complete travel collection reimagined for today. Out of print for decades, Alpha Editions rescues this treasure, restored for today's and future generations. A cultural treasure and a collector's item, it anchors a refined france travel collection for explorers at heart.

Autor

Matilda Betham-Edwards was an English novelist, travel writer, Francophile, and prolific poet who corresponded with several well-known English male writers of the day. In addition, she wrote several children's books. Betham-Edwards was the fourth child of Edward Edwards (1808-1864), a farmer, and his wife Barbara (1806-1848), daughter of William Betham (1749-1839), an antiquary and preacher. She was educated in Ipswich and worked as a governess-pupil at a school in London. Her first novel, The White House by the Sea (1857), was an immediate success, reissued numerous times, pirated in the United States, and remained in print for forty years. Matilda studied French and German abroad before moving to Suffolk with her sister to oversee her father's farm. Not happy with solely rural jobs, she occasionally contributed to Household Words, benefiting from Dickens' connection and an early association with Charles and Mary Lamb, her mother's companions. After her sister died, she relocated to London and authored a number of novels on French life based on her numerous journeys to France and intimate knowledge of provincial French households, as well as children's and non-fiction works about France. She was published by George and Richard Bentley. She resided in Algeria with feminist educator Barbara Bodichon and accompanied her on trips to France and Spain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Edition
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 190g
• ISBN-13: 9789354548048
• ISBN-10: 9354548040
• Artikelnr.: 61842354