7 livres semblables à Le Romany Rye
Le Pays de Galles sauvage
Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow (1803–1881), first published in 1862.
Thèmes communs : English Authors, Journeys, Travel, Biography & Memoir
Le mystère du paradis
American tourists, sure appreciators of all that is ancient and picturesque in England, invariably come to a halt, holding their breath in a sudden catch of wonder, as they pass through the half-ruinous gateway which admits to the Close of Wrychester. Nowhere else in England is there a fairer prospect of old-world peace. There before their eyes, set in the centre of a great green sward, fringed…
Thèmes communs : England, Classic Literature
Hommage à la Catalogne
[Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Spanish defend their Republic from General Franco's Fascist forces. Orwell joined the [POUM][3] Militia in the Catalan region of Spain, was injured in the fighting and invalided back to England. After…
Thèmes communs : English Authors, Journeys, Travel, Biography & Memoir
La Vie sur le Mississippi
At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twains early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Mark Twain wrote his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Thèmes communs : Journeys, Travel, Classic Literature, Biography & Memoir
Seul autour du monde
Joshua Slocum, one of the most famous of American sea captains, really was the first to single-handedly circumnavigate the world. The epitome of Yankee independence, he had risen from a seaman to the captain of his own ship. Marooned in Brazil, he built a "canoe" in which he returned to America (see The Voyage of the Liberdade). At loose ends at fifty-one, he was offered an old oyster boat which…
Thèmes communs : Journeys, Travel, Biography & Memoir
Alcatraz
Alcatraz Island () is a small island about 1.25 miles offshore from San Francisco in San Francisco Bay, California, near the Golden Gate strait. The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military prison. In 1934, the island was converted into a federal prison, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. The strong tidal currents around…
Thèmes communs : Classic Literature, Biography & Memoir
Une semaine sur les rivières Concord et Merrimack
Thoreau's first book excels at depicting nature around his trip in words.
Thèmes communs : Journeys, Travel, Classic Literature