{"product_id":"motorflight-through-france-9780875801636","title":"MotorFlight Through France","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShedding the turn-of-the-century social confines she felt existed for women in America, Edith Wharton set out in the newly invented motor-car to explore the cities and countryside of France. In \u003ci\u003eA Motor-Flight Through France\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1908, Wharton combines the power of her prose, her love for travel, and her affinity for France to produce this compelling travelogue. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNow back in print, this edition of will interest students of American literature as well as those who wish to see France through the eyes of a great American writer. The introduction analyzes Wharton''s use of the genre of travel writing and places Wharton''s work in the context of her life and times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWharton's reflections will still charm those who've been and those who dream. A nice addition to American literature as well as travel collections.\u003c\/p\u003e * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose who have been charmed with Mrs. Wharton's novels will not be disappointed by her venture into the unfamiliar role of a travel writer.\u003c\/p\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA portrait of a long-forgotten France, a country that, when Wharton ranged over it in her 1904 Panhard-Levassor, was largely unchanged from medieval times.\u003c\/p\u003e * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Preface \u003cbr\u003e Note on the Text \u003cbr\u003e Introduction by Mary Suzanne Schriber \u003cbr\u003e Part I \u003cbr\u003e I. Boulogne to Amiens \u003cbr\u003e II. Beauvais and Rouen \u003cbr\u003e III. From Rouen to Fontainebleau \u003cbr\u003e IV. The Loire and the Indre \u003cbr\u003e V. Nohant to Clermont \u003cbr\u003e VI. In Auverge \u003cbr\u003e VII. Royat to Bourges \u003cbr\u003e Part II \u003cbr\u003e I. Paris to Poitiers \u003cbr\u003e II. Poitiers to the Pyrenees \u003cbr\u003e III. The Pyrenees to Provence \u003cbr\u003e IV. The Rhone to the Seine \u003cbr\u003e Part III \u003cbr\u003e A Flight to the North-East\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406413766999,"sku":"9780875801636","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875801636.jpg?v=1730495718","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/motorflight-through-france-9780875801636","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}