Little Travels And Roadside Sketches

""Little Travels and Roadside Sketches"" is a collection of essays written by the renowned English novelist and satirist, William Makepeace Thackeray. The book is a compilation of Thackeray's observations and thoughts on various topics he encountered during his travels across England, Ireland, and France. Thackeray's keen eye for detail and his wit are evident in his descriptions of the people, places, and events he encountered on his journeys. The essays cover a wide range of subjects, from the beauty of the English countryside to the antics of the Parisian bourgeoisie. Thackeray's writing style is engaging and humorous, making the book an enjoyable read for anyone interested in travel writing or 19th-century literature. Overall, ""Little Travels and Roadside Sketches"" is a delightful collection of essays that provides a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era.One begins to grow sick of these churches, and the hideous exhibitions of bodily agonies that are depicted on the sides of all the chapels. Into one wherein we went this morning was what they called a Calvary: a horrible, ghastly image of a Christ in a tomb, the figure of the natural size, and of the livid color of death; gaping red wounds on the body and round the brows: the whole piece enough to turn one sick, and fit only to brutalize the beholder of it.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.