- 224 pages
- English
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About this book
Follow in the footsteps of some of the world’s most famous authors on the journeys which inspired their greatest works in this beautiful illustrated atlas.
Some truly remarkable works of literature have been inspired by writers spending time away from their typical surroundings. From epic road trips and arduous treks into remote territories to cultural tours and sojourns in the finest hotels, this book explores 35 influential journeys taken by literary greats and reveals the repercussions of those travels on the authors’ personal lives and the broader literary landscape.
Award-winning author Travis Elborough brings each of these trips to life with fascinating insights into the stories behind the creation of some of the world’s most famous literary creations, including Dracula, Moby Dick, Murder on the Orient Express, Madame Bovary, The Talented Mr Ripley, and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
From Herman Melville’s first whaling voyage in 1841, from New York to Liverpool, to Jack Kerouac’s on-the-road Odyssey, which is now an iconic drive, discover how these journeys imprinted themselves on some of the greatest literary minds of all time.
Complete with navigational notes, color photographs, and commissioned maps, the fresh insights within tell readers something new about the places, work, and personalities of some of the world’s greatest minds.
Some truly remarkable works of literature have been inspired by writers spending time away from their typical surroundings. From epic road trips and arduous treks into remote territories to cultural tours and sojourns in the finest hotels, this book explores 35 influential journeys taken by literary greats and reveals the repercussions of those travels on the authors’ personal lives and the broader literary landscape.
Award-winning author Travis Elborough brings each of these trips to life with fascinating insights into the stories behind the creation of some of the world’s most famous literary creations, including Dracula, Moby Dick, Murder on the Orient Express, Madame Bovary, The Talented Mr Ripley, and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
From Herman Melville’s first whaling voyage in 1841, from New York to Liverpool, to Jack Kerouac’s on-the-road Odyssey, which is now an iconic drive, discover how these journeys imprinted themselves on some of the greatest literary minds of all time.
Complete with navigational notes, color photographs, and commissioned maps, the fresh insights within tell readers something new about the places, work, and personalities of some of the world’s greatest minds.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- Hans Christian Andersen Becomes a Novelist in Italy
- Maya Angelou Loses Her Heart to Ghana
- W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood Go to War
- Jane Austen Gets a Whiff of Sea Air (and Seaweed) in Worthing
- James Baldwin Falls for Paris in the Fall
- BashĆ Takes the Narrow Road to the Deep North
- Charles Baudelaire Fails to Make It to India
- Elizabeth Bishop Is Bowled Over by Brazil
- Heinrich Böll Is Enchanted by the Emerald Isle
- Lewis Carroll Finds Another Wonderland in Russia
- Agatha Christie Boards the Orient Express
- Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens Are Far from Idle in Cumbria
- Joseph Conrad Sees True Horror in the Congo
- Isak Dinesen in and out of Africa
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Discovers the Perfect Place to Bury Sherlock Holmes
- F. Scott Fitzgerald Bathes in the Light on the French Riviera
- Gustave Flaubert Indulges Himself in the Orient
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Gets Lost in Italy
- Graham Greene Learns to Love Life Again in Liberia
- Hermann Hesse Goes East in Search of Enlightenment
- Patricia Highsmith Spots a Likely Character in Positano
- Jamaica and Haiti Cast a Spell on Zora Neale Hurston
- Jack Kerouac Goes on the Road for the First Time
- Jack London Pans for Gold in the Klondike
- Federico GarcĂa Lorca Takes a Bite of the Big Apple
- Katherine Mansfield Mines Her Time at a German Spa for Stories
- Herman Melville Sees the Watery Parts of the World
- Alexandr Pushkin Convalesces in the Caucasus and the Crimea
- J.K. Rowling Gets a Train of Thought on the Line from Manchester to London
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Crashes into the Headlines
- Sam Selvon Sails to England
- Bram Stoker Stakes Out Dracula in Whitby
- Sylvia Townsend Warner Finds Poetry in the Essex Marshes
- Mary Wollstonecraft Soothes a Broken Heart in Scandinavia
- Itâs All Greek to Virginia Woolf
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Picture Credits
- Author Acknowledgments
- Copyright