Domestic Manners of the Americans - Couverture souple

Trollope, Fanny

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0712609342 ISBN 13 : 9780712609340

Editeur : Pimlico, 1984

Synopsis

Book by FRANCES TROLLOPE

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Frances Trollope candidly describes her travel experiences in the United States during 1827–1831 in her two-volume book Domestic Manners of the Americans. First published in 1832, it records her views on many aspects of American daily life, especially targeting the supposed lack of manners among Americans. On reaching America, Mrs. Trollope encountered a country that was completely different from what she had expected. She expresses her disgust at the copious handshaking, spitting-habits, tobacco chewing, expressions of self-righteousness, and hypocrisy of the Americans and vents her outrage at the existence of the slave trade in a country that boasted of equality. Her criticisms of American culture are interspersed with descriptions of elections, cathedrals, markets, public balls, literature, and religion. Volume 1 covers her travels through New Orleans, Memphis, Baltimore and Washington, and offers an engaging account of a nineteenth-century Englishwoman's impressions of America.

Revue de presse :

"I am convinced that there is no writer who has so well and so accurately (I need not add entertainingly) described America" (Charles Dickens)

"One of the great pioneer exercises in transatlantic disparagement; its influence lasted deep into the later 19th century" (Independent)

"Ever since its publication, Americans have loved to hate Domestic Manners of the Americans. It is still quoted by American journalists, precisely because the book remains as perceptive - and funny - as ever" (Sunday Times)

"[Trollope] was merely telling the truth and this indignant nation knew it. She was painting a state of things which did not disappear at once. It lasted to well along in my youth, and I remember it" (Mark Twain)

"This remarkable woman became one of the most prolific and popular female writers of the century... She was consistently original" (Sunday Times)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pimlico
• Date d'édition: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0712609342
• ISBN 13: 9780712609340
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432