On Old-World Highways
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who enjoy travel literature and prefer slow-paced essays
- Readers interested in European history, culture, and old-world scenery
- Students of history and literature researching early travel writing and road change
- Readers seeking light reading practice with English originals
Not a good fit for
- Travelers needing practical guides and route information
- Readers who prefer tightly plotted, strongly narrative works
- Readers impatient with old-fashioned English who need to finish quickly
Reading tips
- Skim the title and chapter headings first, then start with a town or road segment that interests you; no need to plow through in order.
- Keep a European map handy to match place names, which helps build a sense of space and travel rhythm.
- Read one or two chapters a day and note scenic descriptions to build a vocabulary for observing travel literature.
- Read alongside travel essays of the same period and note how roads and modes of transport shift the perspective.
About the publisher
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About the author
Thomas Dowler Murphy (1866–1928), often credited as Thos. D. Murphy, is an author about whom little public information survives; only four of his works are held in this collection. Judging from In Unfamiliar England, British Highways and Byways from a Motor Car, On Old-World Highways, and On Sunset Highways: A Book of Motor Rambles in California, he wrote chiefly travel essays by motor car, ranging over English country lanes and Old World trunk roads as well as the sunset highways of California. These books blend road observations, local scenery, and historical anecdotes along the way, in a relaxed tone characteristic of early twentieth-century motoring literature, and should appeal to readers interested in road travel and rural landscapes in Britain and America.
