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Guide to Windermere: With Tours to the Neighboring Lakes and Other Interesting Places

Guide to Windermere: With Tours to the Neighboring Lakes and Other Interesting Places

Martineau, Harriet
Harriet, Martineau

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe

Literary CriticismGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1108018351
ISBN13: 9781108018357
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Sep 2 2010
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Described by George Eliot as 'the only English woman that possesses thoroughly the art of writing', Harriet Martineau held a prominent position in the intellectual life of Victorian culture. This 1854 guide to Windermere was the first in her series of guides to the Lake District, leading eventually to her hugely successful Complete Guide to the English Lakes. In this Guide, Martineau engages with the emerging industry of literary tourism, and describes why the thriving village of Windermere warranted a 'new guide book'. She appreciatively details the natural features of the district and its architecture, and presents accounts of scenic walks and day tours to the neighbouring lakes, combining practical information with literary passages of description. An outstanding woman of her time, Martineau followed in Wordsworth's footsteps by fusing her identity with the local landscape of the Lake District, continuing its rich literary associations.

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