A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land: Together with Personal Reminiscences of the 'Inimitable Boz' Therein Collected

What compels a devoted reader to walk the very roads that shaped their favorite stories? William R. Hughes answers this question in this charming 1891 travelogue, a pilgrimage through Kent undertaken alongside a fellow Dickens enthusiast. They trace the physical landscape that gave birth to Pecksniff, Dombey, and dozens of other unforgettable characters. Hughes moves through the cathedral city of Rochester, Gad's Hill Place, and countless villages where he matches location to literature, revealing how geography became destiny for Dickens' imagination. The book pulses with personal reminiscences of the great man himself, as well as meditations on earlier travelers who sought the same literary holy ground. This is Victorian literary culture at its most tender: devotion made concrete, fandom elevated to art. For readers who have ever wanted to step inside the world of a beloved book, Hughes offers an intimate portrait of what it means to follow in a master's footsteps.