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Pictures from Italy

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Pictures from Italy
Title page, first edition of 1846
AuthorCharles Dickens
IllustratorSamuel Palmer
LanguageEnglish
GenreNonfiction; Travelogue
PublisherLondon:
Bradbury & Evans
Publication date
1846
Publication placeEngland
Media typePrint (Hardback, and Paperback)
Preceded byThe Battle of Life 
Followed byDombey and Son 

Pictures from Italy is a travelogue by Charles Dickens, written in 1846. The book reveals the concerns of its author as he presents, according to Kate Flint, the country "like a chaotic magic-lantern show, fascinated both by the spectacle it offers, and by himself as spectator".[1]

References

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  1. ^ Flint, Kate. Dickens. Prentice Hall / Harvester Wheatsheaf, April 1986.
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