deMaistre, Voyage Around my Room. an original, and mettlesome autobiography.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Original Language: French
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Charming 18th century parody,
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This delightful work by a late 18th-cent French nobleman parodies contemporary travel accounts with a detailed report of the author's journey around his room during forty-odd days of house arrest. It now reads almost as a postmodern work, the same way Tristam Shandy does. Influenced Machado de Assis, another highly recommended author of the period.
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How glorious it is to blaze a new trail, and suddenly to appear in learned society, a book of discoveries in one's hand, like an unforeseen comet flashing through space! Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
traveling coat Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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