A Journey Around My Room

New york hurd and houghton in 1790 xavier de maistre was 27 years old and a soldier in the army of the sardinian kingdom which covered swathes of modern day northern italy and southern france.

A journey around my room.

Tue 4 jun 2013 10 29 edt first published on tue 4 jun 2013 10 29 edt. There is a 4 page foreword by alain de botton and a 7 page introduction by the translator andrew brown. The first part a journey around my room was wonderful. A journey round my room by maistre xavier de 1763 1852.

A journey around my room is 69 pages and a nocturnal expedition around my room 62 pages. Publication date 1871 publisher london longmans green reader and dyer collection university of illinois urbana champaign. A journey round my room by xavier de maistre translated by henry atwell. My three star rating might be a little harsh because it s a combined rating for both stories in the book.

There is a 4 page foreword by alain de botton and a 7 page introduction by the translator andrew brown. Americana digitizing sponsor university of illinois urbana champaign contributor. Alain de botton concentrates on the journey aspect noting that in familiar places we have become habituated and therefore blind. A true evaluation would be four stars for the first story in the collection and two stars for the second.