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A journey around my room ; and, A nocturnal expedition around my room / Xavier de Maistre ; translated by Andrew Brown ; foreword by Alain de Botton.
- Title
- A journey around my room ; and, A nocturnal expedition around my room / Xavier de Maistre ; translated by Andrew Brown ; foreword by Alain de Botton.
- Author
- Maistre, Xavier de, 1763-1852
- Publication
- Richmond : Alma Classics, 2013.
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- Additional Authors
- Brown, Andrew (Literary translator)
- Description
- 143 p.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Finding himself locked in his room for six weeks, a young officer uses his imagination to travel around his room, using the various objects it contains as inspiration for a delightful parody of contemporary travel writing and exercise in Sternean picaresque, and humorously demonstrating what one can explore without having to travel to exotic locations.
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- Translations
- Note
- This translation originally published: London: Hesperus, 2004.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the French.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A journey around my room -- A nocturnal expedition around my room.
- ISBN
- 9781847493088 (pbk.)
- 1847493084 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 824183268
- SCSB-12421522
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library