Pictures From Italy

Pictures From Italy

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Pictures From Italy by Charles Dickens

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1846

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Pictures From Italy

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Courier; the whole house is at the service of my best of friends! He keeps his hand upon the carriage-door, and asks some other question to enhance the expectation. He carries a green leathern purse outside his coat, suspended by a belt. The idlers look at it; one touches it. It is full of five-franc pieces. Murmurs of admiration are heard among the boys. The landlord falls upon the Courier's neck, and folds him to his breast. He is so much fatter than he was, he says! He looks so rosy and so well!

The door is opened. Breathless expectation. The lady of the family gets out. Ah sweet lady! Beautiful lady! The sister of the lady of the family gets out. Great Heaven, Ma'amselle is charming! First little boy gets out. Ah, what a beautiful little boy! First little girl gets out. Oh, but this is an enchanting child! Second little girl gets out. The landlady, yielding to the finest impulse of our common nature, catches her up in her arms! Second little boy gets out. Oh, the sweet boy! Oh, the tender little fa

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I read this whilst in Italy a few years ago, visiting several of the places mentioned. It is amazing how much and how little these places have changed since Dickens' time. Whilst not one of Dickens' more renowned works, and so dated in places it becomes mildly tiresome, I still found it at least as enjoyable as eg Hard Times and much better than eg Edwin Drood. Recommended.