The Clumsiest People In Europe, or: Mrs. Mortimer's Bad-tempered Guide To The Victorian World - Hardcover

Pruzan, Todd; Mortimer, Favell Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 158234504X ISBN 13: 9781582345048

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2005

Synopsis

Based on the real-life observations, prejudices, and opinions of Mrs. Favrell Lee Mortimer, a Victorian woman and children's book writer who rarely left her own home, a hilarious look at foreign countries and their customs during the era describes the evils of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. 30,000 first printing.

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Review:

" Sublime in its peremptory dictate and overweening all-knowingness." "-- ""Boston"" Sunday Globe"
" To the modern eye, Mortimer' s work-- by turns unsettling and hilarious-- is nothing short of a revolution in guidebook writing: here at last, is the irritable-bowel-syndrome-as-travelogue." "-- New York Times Book Review"
" Weirdly appealing... Mrs. Mortimer is, at once, fascinating, hilarious and furious but always maddeningly entertaining." "-- ""Chicago"" Tribune"
" My favourite summer read this year... endlessly entertaining." -- "Toronto"" Globe & Mail"
"Sublime in its peremptory dictate and overweening all-knowingness.""--""Boston"" Sunday Globe"
"To the modern eye, Mortimer's work--by turns unsettling and hilarious--is nothing short of a revolution in guidebook writing: here at last, is the irritable-bowel-syndrome-as-travelogue.""--New York Times Book Review"
"Weirdly appealing Mrs. Mortimer is, at once, fascinating, hilarious and furious but always maddeningly entertaining.""--""Chicago"" Tribune"
"My favourite summer read this year endlessly entertaining."--"Toronto"" Globe & Mail"
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Sublime in its peremptory dictate and overweening all-knowingness. "Boston Sunday Globe"

To the modern eye, Mortimer's work--by turns unsettling and hilarious--is nothing short of a revolution in guidebook writing: here at last, is the irritable-bowel-syndrome-as-travelogue. "New York Times Book Review"

Weirdly appealing Mrs. Mortimer is, at once, fascinating, hilarious and furious but always maddeningly entertaining. "Chicago Tribune"

My favourite summer read this year endlessly entertaining. "Toronto Globe & Mail""

"Sublime in its peremptory dictate and overweening all-knowingness." --Boston Sunday Globe

"To the modern eye, Mortimer's work--by turns unsettling and hilarious--is nothing short of a revolution in guidebook writing: here at last, is the irritable-bowel-syndrome-as-travelogue." --New York Times Book Review

"Weirdly appealing...Mrs. Mortimer is, at once, fascinating, hilarious and furious but always maddeningly entertaining." --Chicago Tribune

"My favourite summer read this year...endlessly entertaining." --Toronto Globe & Mail

About the Author:

Todd Pruzan is an editor at the bimonthly design journal Print and has been an editor and writer at several other magazines. He was born in Washington, D.C., and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 158234504X
• ISBN 13: 9781582345048
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 198