By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy

by George Gissing

Overview

The great Victorian novelist's 1901 travel masterpiece revealed not just the ruined beauty of a classical past, but also the hardships of rural life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534777163
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/20/2016
Pages:	68
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.14(d)

About the Author

George Robert Gissing (1857 – 1903) was an English novelist who published twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Table of Contents

I. From Naples
II. Paola
III. The Grave of Alaric
IV. Taranto
V. Dulci Galaesi Flumen
VI. The Table of the Paladins
VII. Cotrone
VIII. Faces by the Way
IX. My Friend the Doctor
X. Children of the Soil
XI. The Mount of Refuge
XII. Catanzaro
XIII. The Breezy Height
XIV. Squillace
XV. Miseria
XVI. Cassiodorus
XVII. The Grotta
XVIII. Reggio

Editorial Reviews

"The journey is spell-bound delight. It vibrates with a romantic scholar's ecstasy."

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