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Our Old Home

Our Old Home

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Paperback

Entertainment & Performing Arts20th Century United States HistoryFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1162678259
ISBN13: 9781162678252
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.50 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Our Old Home is a collection of essays written by Nathaniel Hawthorne during his travels in England in the mid-19th century. The book is divided into several chapters, each focusing on a different aspect of English life and culture. Hawthorne writes about his experiences visiting historic landmarks, meeting famous authors, and observing the customs and traditions of the English people. He also reflects on the similarities and differences between American and English culture, and offers his opinions on various political and social issues of the time. Throughout the book, Hawthorne's prose is elegant and insightful, providing readers with a unique perspective on England during this period. Our Old Home is a fascinating read for anyone interested in history, literature, or travel writing.From Leamington to Stratford-on-Avon the distance is eight or nine miles, over a road that seemed to me most beautiful. Not that I can recall any memorable peculiarities; for the country, most of the way, is a succession of the gentlest swells and subsidences, affording wide and far glimpses of champaign scenery here and there, and sinking almost to a dead level as we draw near Stratford. Any landscape in New England, even the tamest, has a more striking outline, and besides would have its blue eyes open in those lakelets that we encounter almost from mile to mile at home, but of which the Old Country is utterly destituteThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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