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An episodic first-person travel narrative recounts a Mediterranean voyage to Egypt, tracing a series of stopovers and onshore excursions. The narrator sketches shipboard life and dramatic weather, then describes harbors, coastal towns, and major eastern cities with a mix of vivid topographical detail, antiquarian observation, and wry social commentary. Chapters alternate brisk travelogue moments and reflective passages on landscape, faith, and manners, while episodic incidents and humorous character portraits enliven visits to celebrated ruins, religious sites, and bustling ports before the final arrival in Cairo.

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Title: Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo

Author: William Makepeace Thackeray

Release date: August 1, 1999 [eBook #1863]
Most recently updated: October 5, 2024

Language: English

Credits: David Price

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NOTES ON A JOURNEY FROM CORNHILL TO GRAND CAIRO

By William Makepeace Thackeray


Contents

DEDICATION
PREFACE
CHAPTER I: VIGO
CHAPTER II: LISBON—CADIZ
CHAPTER III: THE “LADY MARY WOOD”
CHAPTER IV: GIBRALTAR
CHAPTER V: ATHENS
CHAPTER VI: SMYRNA—FIRST GLIMPSES OF THE EAST
CHAPTER VII: CONSTANTINOPLE
CHAPTER VIII: RHODES
CHAPTER IX: THE WHITE SQUALL
CHAPTER X: TELMESSUS—BEYROUT
CHAPTER XI: A DAY AND NIGHT IN SYRIA
CHAPTER XII: FROM JAFFA TO JERUSALEM
CHAPTER XIII: JERUSALEM
CHAPTER XIV: FROM JAFFA TO ALEXANDRIA
CHAPTER XV: TO CAIRO
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