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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Definite entertaining readBy Linda KosoffAlthough there were plenty of typos, as it was evident the typist was in a hurry, this book nevertheless inspired me to actually see what areas where James travelled. I wondered during his tour how much the landscape was changed over that more-than- hundred year span through wars, two big ones, as well as many places he mentioned that had not been renovated, but now are. All I had to do was google each place of interest, since obviously in a volunteer-typed kindle book, there are no accompanying photos. I began to collect many pictures which I shared on social media, to much delight of friends. I also was inspired to zoom in with google earth's little man, who carried me to street level to see the streets and monuments where James had walked. This was a tour well worth doing, even if I had to do it virtually. Oh by the way, I picked up on this book after reading David McCullough's Americans in Paris, which I also highly recommend to history buffs. Henry James was one of those Americans McCullough talked about. Anyone familiar with McCullough will know he does extensive research, and this one is no exception.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Pleasent ReadBy Tony Marquise Jr.This is a little book that Henry James wrote to describe his impressions of the France in the 1880s. Art work has been added. Please understand that this is Not up to the level of this writers best literature(which I consider to be his short stories). I therefore give Mr. James writing of this book 3 stars and add 1 star for the artwork. I do not recommend this book if you are planning a trip to France-much has changed since the 1880s. But if you are looking to spend a few hours reading about another place and another time, this is a pleasent read.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. excellent specimen of elegant little bookBy elizThis is an elegant edition of elegant writing about elegant France. It is hard cover and has a beautifully illustrated dustcover and pretty drawings and paintings of buildings in fin de siecle France.If you appreciate Henry James you will find it delightful both physically and 'literarily'.The only thing is, it took its time getting through the mail to me. i had begun to despair.
I am ashamed to begin with saying that Touraine is the garden of France; that remark has long ago lost its bloom. The town of Tours, however, has some thing sweet and bright, which suggests that it is sur- rounded by a land of fruits. It is a very agreeable little city; few towns of its size are more ripe, more complete, or, I should suppose, in better humor with themselves and less disposed to envy the responsibili- ties of bigger places. It is truly the capital of its smil- ing province; a region of easy abundance, of good living, of genial, comfortable, optimistic, rather indolent opinions. Balzac says in one of his tales that the real Tourangeau will not make an effort, or displace him- self even, to go in search of a pleasure; and it is not difficult to understand the sources of this amiable cynicism. He must have a vague conviction that he can only lose by almost any change. Fortune has been kind to him: he lives in a temperate, reasonable, sociable climate, on the banks, of a river which, it is true, sometimes floods the country around it, but of which the ravages appear to be so easily repaired that its aggressions may perhaps be regarded (in a region where so many good things are certain) merely as an occasion for healthy suspense. He is surrounded by fine old traditions, religious, social, architectural, culi- nary; and he may have the satisfaction of feeling that he is French to the core. No part of his admirable country is more characteristically national. Normandy is Normandy, Burgundy is Burgundy, Provence is Pro- vence; but Touraine is essentially France. It is the land of Rabelais, of Descartes, of Balzac, of good books and good company, as well as good dinners and good houses. George Sand has somewhere a charm- ing passage about the mildness, the convenient quality, of the physical conditions of central France, - "son climat souple et chaud, ses pluies abondantes et courtes." In the autumn of 1882 the rains perhaps were less short than abundant; but when the days were fine it was impossible that anything in the way of weather could be more charming. The vineyards and orchards looked rich in the fresh, gay light; cultivation was everywhere, but everywhere it seemed to be easy.
About the AuthorHenry James was born the son of a religious philosopher in New York City in 1843. His famous works include The Portrait of a Lady, Washington Square, Daisy Miller, and The Turn of the Screw. He died in London in 1916, and is buried in the family plot in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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