From the grand tour to the global village, novelists and poets have made
particularly observant travelers. Many writers have been prone to
wanderlust, eager to explore the world and draw inspiration from their
travels. They recorded their notes in letters, journals, essays and
books. In some cases, these became celebrated examples of travel
writing, such as George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia, but there are
many more accounts which remain overlooked. This collection takes us on
a literary journey around the world, through extracts from Arthur Conan
Doyle in Australia, Aldous Huxley in India, Charles Dickens in Italy,
Henry James in France, Mary Wollstonecraft in Sweden, and many more.