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En Sicile et en Calabre

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A series of day-by-day travel impressions through Sicily and Calabria mixing landscape and architectural description with social observation. The narrator journeys along coastal and inland routes, assessing cities, ancient monuments, and local customs; Palermo is found less majestic than expected while Monreale’s cloister draws detailed attention. Citrus orchards, dusty villages, cube-like dwellings, crowded markets, and persistent guides and porters recur as motifs. Episodes range from petty misadventures and blunt critiques of inns to quieter reflections on how memory and expectation shape the experience of travel, yielding practical notes, aesthetic appreciation, and cultural commentary.

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Title: En Sicile et en Calabre

Author: Maurice Maeterlinck

Release date: December 15, 2025 [eBook #77470]

Language: French

Original publication: Paris: Kra, 1924

Credits: Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EN SICILE ET EN CALABRE ***

en sicile
et
en calabre

par
maurice maeterlinck

kra, éditeur, 6, rue blanche, paris

2e édition.

IL A ÉTÉ TIRÉ DE CET OUVRAGE

50 EXEMPLAIRES SUR PAPIER DE HOLLANDE
PANNEKOEK NUMÉROTÉS DE
1 A 50

ET 950 EXEMPLAIRES SUR VÉLIN OUTHENIN-CHALANDRE
NUMÉROTÉS DE
51 A 1.000

LE TOUT CONSTITUANT LÉDITION ORIGINALE

IL A ÉTÉ TIRÉ SPÉCIALEMENT
POUR LA SOCIÉTÉ
LES BIBLIOPHILES DU NORD
15 EXEMPLAIRES SUR JAPON IMPÉRIAL
NUMÉROTÉS DE I A XV

Copyright by Maurice Maeterlinck, 1924.

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