Little Pilgrimages Among French InnsCosimo, Inc., 1 черв. 2006 р. - 504 стор. To those who love it, life in France may be a perpetual dream of enchantment. There is a sense of art everywhere, rarely to be met with except in Italy. Every Frenchman is an artist, and every place he enters, he makes his studio. It is surprising to see in the simplest, the most uneducated peasant, a knowledge and a sense of art or historical research, unheard of in our own country, or even in England.In short, France is France. Nobody can properly describe it to you if you have not been there. You must go and see it, and enjoy it for yourself.-from the PrefaceAmerican author and traveler CHARLES GIBSON (b. 1875) summered in France and turned his idyllic journeys into this agreeable travelogue, a portrait of a long-ago time when travel was a romantic adventure. Combining snippets of history and legend uncovered during explorations of ancient tombs, churches, and fortresses with enchanting descriptions of the villages and landscapes he visited, Gibson introduces us to both charming aristocrats who open their gothic chateaux to visitors and pleasant peasants who run quaint rural inns.First published in 1905, this is an enthralling work that continues to delight readers today.OF INTEREST TO: Francophiles, armchair travelers |
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... Normandy , will be a source of unmitigated pleasure and delight . I have attempted to give a slight idea of this in these pages , with how unworthy a pen I myself am only too well aware . There will be little use in expecting the ...
... Normandy , will be a source of unmitigated pleasure and delight . I have attempted to give a slight idea of this in these pages , with how unworthy a pen I myself am only too well aware . There will be little use in expecting the ...
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... and become a pilgrim to the rural haunts of France , we may then accompany one another in the appreciation of a common joy . CHARLES GIBSON . 9 CHARLES STREET , BOSTON , 1905 . INTRODUCTION As we look upon the map of Normandy , Preface.
... and become a pilgrim to the rural haunts of France , we may then accompany one another in the appreciation of a common joy . CHARLES GIBSON . 9 CHARLES STREET , BOSTON , 1905 . INTRODUCTION As we look upon the map of Normandy , Preface.
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... , we may then accompany one another in the appreciation of a common Charles Gibson. INTRODUCTION As we look upon the map of Normandy, the. g Charles Street, Boston, igoj. X, At the Hotel be Guillaume le Concwerant. Dives ...... Preface.
... , we may then accompany one another in the appreciation of a common Charles Gibson. INTRODUCTION As we look upon the map of Normandy, the. g Charles Street, Boston, igoj. X, At the Hotel be Guillaume le Concwerant. Dives ...... Preface.
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Charles Gibson. INTRODUCTION As we look upon the map of Normandy , the most northwesterly province of France , we may see that it is divided into five De- partments . Each of these Departments has its own distinctive capital and its ...
Charles Gibson. INTRODUCTION As we look upon the map of Normandy , the most northwesterly province of France , we may see that it is divided into five De- partments . Each of these Departments has its own distinctive capital and its ...
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... Normandy , and in many senses its most im- portant town . South of Seine Inférieure is the Department of Eure , whose capital and principal town is that of Evreux . West of Eure is the De- partment of Calvados , which occupies the ...
... Normandy , and in many senses its most im- portant town . South of Seine Inférieure is the Department of Eure , whose capital and principal town is that of Evreux . West of Eure is the De- partment of Calvados , which occupies the ...
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