18 books like Letters from New York

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Epistolae Ho-Elianae James Howell · 1650 · 510p · ≈ 17h · Demanding Epistolae Ho-Elianae (or Familiar Letters) is a literary work by the 17th-century Anglo-Welsh historian and writer, James Howell. It was mainly written when Howell was in the Fleet Prison, during the 1640s; but its content reflects earlier travels he made from 1616 on behalf of a London glass factory. It appeared in three volumes from 1645 to 1650. A fourth volume was added in a collected edition… Shares: Culture, Correspondence, Manners and customs, Description and travel

The travelling bachelor James Fenimore Cooper · 1828 · 486p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Notions of the Americans in considered Cooper's first work of non-fiction despite a thin overlay of character and plot. Written in the form of a travel narrative, it addresses the widespread ignorance he encountered in Europe about the people and institutions of the United States. It is an exuberant chant of praise for American representative democracy, encapsulating the utopian vision that… Shares: Mœurs et coutumes, Descriptions et voyages, Manners and customs, Description and travel

Domestic manners of the Americans Frances Milton Trollope · 1832 · 366p · ≈ 12h · Challenging When Fanny Trollope set sail for America in 1827 with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, she took with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her son Anthony, growing debts and a husband going slowly mad from mercury poisoning. But what followed was a tragicomedy of illness, scandal and failed business ventures. Nevertheless, on her return to… Shares: Mœurs et coutumes, Social conditions, Description and travel, Travel

Their Wedding Journey William Dean Howells · 1872 · ★ 3.2 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Challenging From the book:They first met in Boston, but the match was made in Europe, where they afterwards saw each other; whither, indeed, he followed her; and there the match was also broken off. Why it was broken off, and why it was renewed after a lapse of years, is part of quite a long love-story, which I do not think myself qualified to rehearse, distrusting my fitness for a sustained or involved… Shares: American Authors, Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel

Travels in Arabia Deserta Charles Montagu Doughty · 1888 · ★ 3.6 · 323p · ≈ 10h · Challenging In this classic travelogue, English poet and adventurer Charles M. Doughty takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the heart of Arabia in the late 19th century. With vivid prose and keen observations, Doughty brings to life the harsh beauty of the desert landscape, the customs and traditions of the nomadic Bedouin tribes, and the rich history and culture of the region. A true… Shares: Mœurs et coutumes, Descriptions et voyages, Manners and customs, Description and travel

The Middle Kingdom S. Wells Williams · 1848 · 810p · ≈ 27h · Demanding First published in 2009. This work by S. Wells Williams is a complete look at the Chinese Empire during the mid-nineteenth century. Subjects include the divisions of the Empire, geographical descriptions, religion and art, literature, the second war between Great Britain and China and social life among the Chinese. This is Volume two of two. Shares: Mœurs et coutumes, Descriptions et voyages, Manners and customs, Description and travel

Retrospect of Western Travel-3VOLS Harriet Martineau · 1838 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging "This new abridgement of the original 1838 edition offers a view of Jacksonian America. Here are Martineau's condemnation of slavery and her championship of abolition and women's rights; her incisive portraits of Jackson, Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Garrison, Emerson, and the Beechers; her observations of American schools, asylums, colleges, and prisons; and her eyewitness accounts of a presidential… Shares: Mœurs et coutumes, Descriptions et voyages, Manners and customs, Description and travel

Passages from the American note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860 · ★ 4.0 · 460p · ≈ 15h · Challenging The American Notebooks follows chronological order, tracing Hawthorne's development over a period of eighteen years. The individual entries, however, are quite random in their makeup and contain adages, animal folklore, and biblical references that captivated Hawthorne. Observations of people whom he saw in the streets of nineteenth century Salem, Boston, and North Adams, Massachusetts, are mixed… Shares: American Authors, Descriptions et voyages, Manners and customs, Description and travel

Backwoods of Canada Catherine Parr Traill · 1836 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Challenging The toils, troubles, and satisfactions of pioneer life are recorded with charm and vivacity on The Backwoods of Canada, by Catherine Parr Traill, who, like her sister Susanna Moodie, left the comforts of genteel English society for the rigours of a new, young land. Traill offers a vivid and honest account of her trip to North America and of her first two and a helf years living in the bush… Shares: Descriptions et voyages, Correspondence, Description and travel, Travel

Autobiography of Lutfullah Lutfullah · 1857 · 429p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares: Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel, Biography & Memoir

Bitter lemons Lawrence Durrell · 1957 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate With the publication of Justine Lawrence Durrell became, almost overnight, one of the most talked about, widely acclaimed novelists of the decade. Now, in Bitter Lemons, his focus has shifted from the world of his imagination to life itself. Writing in the exquisite poetic prose that critics have hailed as unequalled in contemporary literature, he tells the perceptive, often humorous story of his… Shares: Manners and customs, Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs

Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern Asia George Kennan · 1870 · 425p · ≈ 14h · Challenging An account of a period living in Siberia in pursuit of a plan to carry a telegraph line across land to Europe through Siberia in consequence of the failure of efforts to carry a telegraph line to Europe under the Atlantic. Shares: Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs

Jane Austen Louise Ross · 1995 · ★ 5.0 · 334p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Here, republished for the first time, is the first edition text of Jane Austen's much loved classic masterpieces. A rare and inaccessible resource for most scholars, the first editions are unique documents in the history of English literature, Volume 2 of 3 of Sense and Sensibility Shares: Mœurs et coutumes, Correspondence, Manners and customs, Social life and customs

No Thoroughfare Charles Dickens · 1800 · ★ 3.6 · 106p · ≈ 3h · Challenging No Thoroughfare is a stage play and novel by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, both released in December 1867. Shares: Mœurs et coutumes, Manners and customs, Social life and customs

Italian journeys William Dean Howells · 1867 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Challenging "In the later part of his long and productive life - he wrote well over a dozen novels, thirty-one dramas, a few volumes of verse, several autobiographical works, eleven books of travel - W. D. Howells was considered one of America's foremost men of letters."--BOOK JACKET. "Italian Journeys, published in 1867 and written during the four years Howells spent as an American consul in Venice, is… Shares: American Authors, Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel

Society in America Harriet Martineau · 1837 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Challenging After having published several works on economics, Harriet Martineau travelled through the USA and wrote down her experiences in the work 'Society in America' in 1837. This book is a social study, that is known as one of the first sociological studies at all. She focuses on slavery and on women's role in American society and causes controversial discussion in her time. Shares: Mœurs et coutumes, Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel

China Road Rob Gifford · 2007 · ★ 4.3 · 342p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of the social and economic revolution that is turning China upside down.In this utterly surprising and deeply personal… Shares: Manners and customs, Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs

Station Life in New Zealand Mary Anne Barker · 1870 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Challenging A book which tells the story of the expeditions, adventures, and emergencies in the daily life of the wife of a New Zealand sheep-farmer. It also shows the challenges of life. Shares: Correspondence, Manners and customs, Description and travel, Travel

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