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A Little Tour of France
Henry James
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A splendid example of travel writing at its best, in this description of six week tour in France -- from Touraine, down to Provence, then back up north
A splendid example of travel writing at its best, in this description of six week tour in France -- from Touraine, down to Provence, then back up north
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Community Reviews
Opening: We good Americans - I say it without presumption - are too apt to think that France is Paris, just as we are accused of being too apt to think that Paris is the celestial city. This is by no means the case, fortun- ately for those persons who take an interest in modern Gaul, and yet are...more
"France may be Paris, but Paris is not France." -- written by Henry James. Originally published in 1882, James takes the reader on a tour beginning at Tours (birthplace of Balzac), and on several excursions to the chateau of the Loire, Blois, Chambord and Chenonceaux. James then traveled south, t...more
Updated with a few pics from my recent trip to France
I’m a bit afraid of Henry James. It’s not that I actively dislike his writing. It’s just that I’ve not been tempted to re-read those of his novels I’ve read and, having sighed over his verbosity and resented having to hunt back through the tex...more
This made me want to go to France, this book in hand to see all the sights James had done. And, oh, to be able to go back in time, and see things as he did! Everything of course would be so changed. An utterly delightful travelogue that helped me with my insomnia.
Wonderful to read this while planning my own tour of the same places more than 100 years after this was written. Amazing how little some places have changed.
Read without access to a computer, so I need a re-read to be able to research the places that he so aptly describes.
Henry James has taken me on an interesting tour of France, starting in the Loire valley, then on to Brittany via Loches and Bourges, also visiting the Bordeaux region before heading south to Provence and then returning to Paris via the Burgundy region. However, I had to take some detours en-route...more
The premise of Paris being France but France not being Paris is a delightful one. Whilst we are aware of this, in most pieces of literature about France, it is seemingly forgotten.
A little tour in France delivers a beautiful trip around France where James exposes his fantastic grasp of French hi...more