Pictures from Italy

In 1844 the English storyteller headed abroad for a family vacation. Dickens's travelogue recounts sojourns in Genoa, Rome, Florence, Venice, and Naples where Vesuvius was still smoldering from its latest eruption. Theseevocative accounts highlightthe region's dramatic contrasts, from glorious build [...]
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In 1844 the English storyteller headed abroad for a family vacation. Dickens's travelogue recounts sojourns in Genoa, Rome, Florence, Venice, and Naples where Vesuvius was still smoldering from its latest eruption. Theseevocative accounts highlightthe region's dramatic contrasts, from glorious buildings towering above blighted streets to vignettes ofmodern life amid ancient monuments."