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Booked
A Reader's Travel Guide to Novel Destinations

English · Hardback

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A must-have for every fan of literature, Booked inspires readers to follow in their favorite characters footsteps by visiting the real-life locations portrayed in beloved novels including the Monroeville, Alabama courthouse in To Kill a Mockingbird , Chatsworth House, the inspiration for Pemberley in Pride and Prejudice , and the Kyoto Bridge from Memoirs of a Geisha . The full-color photographs throughout reveal the settings readers have imagined again and again in their favorite books. Organized by regions all around the world, author Richard Kreitner explains the importance of each literary landmark including the connection to the author and novel, cultural significance, historical information, and little-known facts about the location. He also includes travel advice like addresses and must-see spots. Booked features special sections on cities that inspired countless literary works like a round of locations in Brooklyn from Betty Smith's iconic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn to Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn and a look at the New Orleans of Tennessee Williams and Anne Rice.

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Authors Richard Kreitner
Publisher Black Dog and Leventhal
 
Content Book
Product form Hardback
Publication date 30.04.2019
Subject Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic
Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies
 
EAN 9780316420877
ISBN 978-0-316-42087-7
Pages 226
Dimensions (packing) 18.5 x 23.5 x 2 cm
 
Subjects TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary
 

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