Domestic Manners of the Americans (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Trollope, Fanny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140435611 ISBN 13: 9780140435610

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1997

Synopsis

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 England Fanny turned her misfortunes into a remarkable book. A masterpiece of nineteenth-century travel-writing, Domestic Manners of the Americans is a vivid and hugely witty satirical account of a nation and was a sensation on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Review:

It's a hugely entertaining and informative read, and the new Oxford World Classics edition has all the extras youd expect from this publisher, including an excellent introduction and notes, and even some of the illustrations from the original 1832 edition. Splendid stuff. (Harriet Devine, Shiny New Books)

Published in 1832, this feisty journal of a three-year spell in America remains delectably hilarious. (Christopher Hirst, Independent)

Book Description:

Frances Trollope presents an engaging account of her visit to the United States during 1827–1831 in this two-volume travelogue. Published in 1832, it records her often outspoken views on many aspects of nineteenth-century American society. The immediacy of her impressions will arouse the curiosity of readers today.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0140435611
• ISBN 13: 9780140435610
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Neville-Singleton Pamela, Neville-Sington Pamela