English Style -- Master's Travelogue

Author: (English) Henry James; Translated by Siqi
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Henry traveled not for profit, not for novelty, not for pleasure, but purely out of love, to satisfy his own eyes. The travelogue he wrote is a true expression of his sentiments. He left his homeland and wandered foreign lands only to witness firsthand the various human sufferings, to remind people that toil, hardship, hunger, sorrow, and squalor are the universal fate of humanity. Henry's gaze is sharp, and his words carry a touch of self-deprecation. Henry regarded travel as an art. In his youth, he described himself as a "sentimental traveler"; in middle age, he was seen as a "observant foreigner," preferring to view everything from an American perspective; in old age, he no longer considered himself a "observer," as the term "foreigner" had become merely a superficial label. Henry traveled through Britain at three different stages of his life. In this "English Sketches," we can read the inner monologues of three "travelers" with distinct personalities.