Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North

By Madame Ida Pfeiffer,

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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

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In 1842, after 45 years of frustratingly sedentary domesticity, the Austrian-born Ida Pfeiffer gave full vent to her wanderlust. Within five years, her jaw-dropping round-the-world journeys would make her one of the most widely-traveled persons of that century, while her talent for vivid portrayals made her one of the most well-known travel writers. Of her many chronicles, I especially enjoy this tale of her 1845 trip to the northern reaches of Scandinavia and Icelandā€”a place almost no continental Europeans had visited and few even knew existed. Pfeifferā€™s insights and thoughtful reportage, as well as a newly emerging fascination with Icelandā€¦

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