Listeners can compare their impressions on favorite European destinations with those of veteran travelers and literary legends with this collection of essays and verse, which includes selections by Charles Dickens on Rome, Mark Twain on Paris and Versailles, and Washington Irving on Stratford-on-Avon. Read by Michael York, et al.
Presents a collection of essays and verse commenting on the favorite European travel destinations of such famous literary figures as Mark Twain and Charles Dickens.
Even if the act of travel has been transformed beyond recognition in a mere decade or two, how much has actually changed in our favorite destinations in the past two hundred years? Listeners are invited to compare their impressions with those of veteran travelers and literary legends: Charles Dickens on Rome, Mark Twain on Paris and Versailles, and Washington Irving on Stratford On Avon. Add to this mix elegiac verse by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti, and here is an experience almost as good as being there without the headaches of the journey.
An original production based on selections from the essays and verse of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Charles Dickens, Washington Irving, Christina Rossetti, Mark Twain, read by Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, Don Schlossman & Michael York
Even if the act of travel has been transformed beyond recognition in a mere decade or two, how much has actually changed in our favorite destinations in the past two hundred years? Listeners are invited to compare their impressions with those of veteran travelers and literary legends: Charles Dickens on Rome, Mark Twain on Paris and Versailles, and Washington Irving on Stratford On Avon. Add to this mix elegiac verse by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti, and here is an experience almost as good as being there without the headaches of the journey.
Even if the act of travel has been transformed beyond recognition in a mere decade or two, how much has actually changed in our favorite destinations in the past two hundred years? Listeners are invited to compare their impressions with those of veteran travelers and literary legends: Charles Dickens on Rome, Mark Twain on Paris and Versailles, and Washington Irving on Stratford On Avon. Add to this mix elegiac verse by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti, and here is an experience almost as good as being there without the headaches of the journey.
