"Pictures from Italy" is a
travelogue book by Charles Dickens. It was
published in 1845.
This book is based on the
travels of Charles Dickens beginning which begins in Paris during the summer of 1844 and lasts until the following year. Dickens entered Italy at Genoa. He rented a house for some months in the suburb of Albaro. The local fiestas, gambling, food, bowls, shops, and wine-drinking are described in an exciting and compelling manner.
Dickens, restless as ever, visits Rome. What's interesting is that he animates every person, place or scene and writes about them, giving a personal touch to the individual work in the highways and byways of life of the Neapolitans.
He did not talk much about religion or art although he briefly mentions the Holy Week activities.
"Pictures from Italy" shows a genuine warmth and friendliness towards the subjects that Dickens wrote about.