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The Spell of Egypt
Robert Smythe Hichens
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The author, a British journalist and novelist, is interested in the feel of the places he visits. He describes at length a visit he has made to Egypt, with emphasis on the emotional response the places generate.
The author, a British journalist and novelist, is interested in the feel of the places he visits. He describes at length a visit he has made to Egypt, with emphasis on the emotional response the places generate.
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With every step my melancholy grew. Encompassed by gloomy odors, assailed by the clamour of gigantic bats, which flew furiously among the monstrous pillars near a roof ominous as a storm-cloud, my spirit was haunted by the sad eyes of Hathor, which gaze for ever from that column in the first hall. Were they always like that? Once that face dwelt with a crowd of worship. And all the other faces have gone, and all the glory has passed. And, like so many of the living, the goddess has paid for her splendors. The pendulum swung, and where men adored, men hated her—her the goddess of love and loveliness. And as the h. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
This isn't a bad book, but it's not a particularly good book either. I've read a fair bit about Egypt over the years (though I've never been there), and I found this rather dry in places. What I did enjoy was that it wasn't purely about Ancient Egypt, but included more recent, though still very old,
Good, but limited, book
The author focuses on the feel of places, not their appearance or history. So the book has an odd tone. Pleasant if that's what you are looking for, but lacking meatiness if you are wanting more history.
For Egypt lovers, it's an interesting memoir.
It's not a fancy book, more like a traveler's thoughts from the places he wonders.
He takes you back to a different time where Egypt was not full of tourists and you could enjoy the Pyramids and all its magnitude without a thousand people taking pictures b