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Labels

by Evelyn Waugh · 1930

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Part of the fabulous new hardback library of 24 Evelyn Waugh books, publishing in chronological order over the coming year. The books have an elegant new jacket and text design. Evelyn Waugh chose the name Labels for his first travel book because, he said, the places he visited were already 'fully labelled'; in people's minds. Yet even the most seasoned traveller could not fail to be inspired by his quintessentially English attitude and by his eloquent and frequently outrageous wit. From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian priests to Maltese sailors and Moroccan merchants - as he cruises around the Mediterranean his pen cuts through the local colour to give an entertaining portrait of the Englishman abroad.

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traveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1930s1930sMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of thisMediterraneanMediterraneanMore like thisLess of thisMediterranean SeaMediterranean SeaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 176 pages

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