"A peasant in peaked hat and blue shirt, with trousers rolled up high above his bare knees, crossed the road and silently examined the tricycle. "You have a good horse," he then said; "it eats nothing." romAn Italian PilgrimageThe 1880s was an exhilarating time for cycling pioneers like Elizabeth and her husband Joseph Pennell. As boneshakers and high-wheelers evolved into tandem tricycles and the safety bike, cycling grew from child play and extreme sport into a leisurely and, importantly, literary mode of transportation. The illustrated travel memoirs of "those Pennells" werend still areighly entertaining. They helped usher in the new age of leisure touring, while playfully hearkening back to famous literary journeys. In this new edition, Dave Buchanan provides rich cultural contexts surrounding the Pennell first two adventures. These long out-of-print travel memoirs will delight avid cyclists as well as scholars of travel literature, cycling history, women writing, Victorian literature, and illustration.
A Canterbury Pilgrimage / an Italian Pilgrimage
- 作者： Pennell, Elizabeth Robins/ Pennell, Joseph/ Buchanan, Dave (EDT)
- 出版社： Baker & Tayl
- 出版日期： 2015-12-15
- ISBN碼： 9781772120424
- 編號： 203c507974063
$ 943 元
原價 1,048