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Wanderings in Spain

Théophile Gautier

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. . .s" xml:lang="es">azucarillos, with cool spring water. An open book was lying on the table: I took the liberty to glance into it. It was the "Bibliotheca Cartuxiana," a collection of all the passages of the various authors who have written in praise of the order and lives of the Carthusian monks. The margin was covered with annotations, written in that stiff, formal, priest-like hand, rather large, which appeals so strongly to the imagination, but says nothing to the hasty and offhand man of the world. This poor old monk, left thus, out of pity, in a deserted convent, the vaults of which will soon fall over his unknown grave, was still[44] dreaming of the glory of his order, and inscribing with a trembling hand, in the blank spaces of the book, some passage or other that had either been forgotten, or recently been found.

The cemetery is shaded by two or three large yew-trees, like those in the Turkish cemeteries. It contains four hundred and nineteen monks, wh. . . Read More

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- Ángel - Feb 29, 2024

Buscando el Viaje de París a Cádiz de Alexandre Dumas me encontré, mientras visitaba una exposición en la Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid, el libro de Théophile Gautier expuesto a la venta. Un libro con un formato antiguo y casi ilegible, por cierto. Así que terminé recurriendo a un pdf descargado de

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- Artur - May 11, 2023

Z wielkimi nadziejami podchodzę zawsze do książek z tej serii. Niestety, autor głównie kataloguje zobaczone dzieła sztuki, myląc tytuły i autorów, niewiele wnosząc ciekawych i głębszych obserwacji.

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- Becky - Jun 07, 2020

A travel book from the 1840s is a fascinating read. The racism and antisemitism is really shocking but the descriptions, particularly of bullfighting are fascinating.

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- Bere - Sep 22, 2019

Estudio de costumbres con cierto ojo antropológico de la España del siglo XIX. A veces los detalles cansan un poco, además algunas aseveraciones sobre lo que es civilizado resultan innecesarias. Pero es un gran libro de viajes para una época en que no había medios audiovisuales

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- Gabrielle - Oct 22, 2017

When he was 29 years old, Théophile Gautier travelled for the first time in Spain… and he loved it! Only one thing disappointed him : Rich people had left their Spanish suits to dress like French, like Europeans. As Theophile says : when he stays Spain, he is a Spanish, when he stays in Russia, he l

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