# Pictures from Italy

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- Libro: [Pictures from Italy](https://www.archivodelibros.es/charles-dickens/en/pictures-from-italy) ([Pictures from Italy.md](https://www.archivodelibros.es/charles-dickens/en/pictures-from-italy.md))
- Autores: [Charles Dickens](https://www.archivodelibros.es/charles-dickens)
- Editorial: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4043-431-6
- Páginas: 272
- Publicación: 2006-03-30
- Idioma: en_GB
- Encuadernación: Softcover

## Descripción

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.