Wilkie Collins on Cornwall

Collins, Wilkie/ Brandling, Henry (ILT)/ Stein, Rick (FRW)

Bodleian Library（2026/02発売）

Bodleian Library（2026/02発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 240 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781851246564
• DDC分類 942.37

Full Description

Before the railway came to Cornwall, novelist Wilkie Collins and his artist friend Henry Brandling set out on foot from Plymouth to explore the then 'rarely visited' peninsula. In 1850, tourism was in its infancy and the pair had many adventures, visiting Land's End, Tintagel, St Michael's Mount and Loe Pool. A local guide took them on an extraordinary tour down Botallack mine, and another showed them how to scramble up the Devil's Bellows at Kynance Cove.

This charming account of their travels includes fascinating descriptions of legends and customs, pilchard fishing, ancient monuments, eccentric innkeepers and local cuisine, painting a vivid and affectionate picture of Cornwall as it was nearly 200 years ago.

Contents

FOREWORD by Rick Stein

1 A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION

2 A CORNISH FISHING TOWN

3 HOLY WELLS AND DRUID RELICS

4 CORNISH PEOPLE

5 LOE POOL

6 THE LIZARD

7 THE PILCHARD FISHERY

8 THE LAND'S END

9 BOTALLACK MINE

10 THE MODERN DRAMA IN CORNWALL

11 THE ANCIENT DRAMA IN CORNWALL

12 THE NUNS OF MAWGAN

13 LEGENDS OF THE NORTHERN COAST

NOTES