Literary Escapes: Exploring the Real-Life Settings of the World's Favourite Fiction

Author:   John Sutherland
Publisher:   Hardie Grant Books
ISBN:  

9781761452772


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   28 October 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Literary Escapes: Exploring the Real-Life Settings of the World's Favourite Fiction


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Some stories couldn’t happen just anywhere or any time. Often the scenery, setting or era is as central to the tale as any character – and just as easily recognised. Literary Escapes brings together an eclectic collage of over 70 familiar literary worlds paired with original maps and archive material, as well as illustrations and photography.  In this collection of essays, the reader will become immersed in Les Misérables’ revolutionary Paris, feel the chill wind of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, and hear the churning paddles of Mississippi steamboats in Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. Now in an updated new edition, with extended geographic scope and new entries.  

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Author:   John Sutherland
Publisher:   Hardie Grant Books
Imprint:   Hardie Grant Books
Weight:   0.822kg
ISBN:  

9781761452772


ISBN 10:   1761452770
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   28 October 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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John Sutherland is Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London. His books include How to Read a Novel: A User’s Guide and Victorian Fiction: Writers, Publishers, Readers.  He acts as a general editor to a team of literary critics including Michael Bourne, Daniel Hahn, Maya Jaggi, Robert Macfarlane, Laura Miller, Xenobe Purvis, Eric Rabkin, and Susan Shillinglaw

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