Italian Hours: A Travel Book In Beautiful Italy - 9781835520307

Italian Hours is a book of travel writing by Henry James published in 1909. The book collected essays that James had written over nearly forty years about a country he knew and loved well. James extensively revised and sometimes expanded the essays to create a more consistent whole. He also added two new essays and an introduction. Italian Hours ends with the phrase, "the luxury of loving Italy," and everything in the book indicates that James enjoyed this luxury to the fullest. But he was by no means a blind lover. His opening essay on Venice, for instance, doesn't gloss over the sad conditions of life for the city's people: "Their habitations are decayed; their taxes heavy; their pockets light; their opportunities few."

Author: Henry James

Publisher: Utopia Publisher

Publication Date: Aug 09, 2023

Number of Pages: 152 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1835520308

ISBN-13: 9781835520307