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Anyone in search of England can do no better than to take up Karel Capek's Letters from England. Humorous, insightful and imbued with a profound humanity, Capek's letters convey a bemused admiration for a country which in the 1920s still lived according to the memory of its greatness. With a light touch and artistic flourish, Capek described the virtues and vices of Europe's oldest democracy for the benefit of the citizens of Europe's newest. As Czechoslovakia emerged as an independent nation after years of Hapsburg domination, its citizens empathised with the British love of their country and their customs.
Letters from England was banned by the Nazis and later by the Communists. This new translation gives us a rare opportunity to enjoy the unusual foundations of a national culture.
Letters from England was banned by the Nazis and later by the Communists. This new translation gives us a rare opportunity to enjoy the unusual foundations of a national culture.
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"His thoughts and descriptions remain fresh and provocotive" -- New Statesman
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Karel Capek's 'Letters from England' have established themselves as masterpieces of observation. The letters and drawings are humorous, insightful and imbued by a profound humanity. They convey a bemused admiration England and the English. First published in the nineteen twenties in Lidovc noviny, the Czechoslovak national newspaper, Capek's Letters from England quickly established themselves as masterpieces of observation, and classics of modern Czech prose. The letters described Europe's oldest democracy for the benefit of the citizens of Europe's newest, and Capek was acutely aware of the deep-down affinity between his countrymen and the English. The same understated humour, the same unflappability, the same quiet search for peace, home and comfort, the same love of nature and animals, served to unite the two people, both then and now. Shortly after Letters from England appeared, Czechoslovakia was betrayed by Britain at Munich, and handed over to Hitler. Capek died shortly afterwards of a broken heart. The book was promptly banned by the Nazis, and published by the exile press, with an English translation by Paul Selver, in London.It was again published in Czechoslovakia in 1946, but, after a brief period, was banned again by the communists. Now that it is once again freely available in Capek's homeland, Claridge Press is proud to publish the book in a completely new English translation. Letters from England, timely when it first appeared, is yet more timely today, when the English need to be reminded of qualities that once were a source of pride to themselves and admiration to others.
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- PublisherClaridge Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1870626575
- ISBN 13 9781870626576
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
- IllustratorCapek Karel
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