Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A 19th-Century Woman Explorer's Journey Through Iceland, Scandinavia, and the Nordic SublimeBy Ida Pfeiffer
Length9h 21m
About this audiobook
Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North chronicles Pfeiffer's 1845 journey through Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and above all Iceland, where geysers, volcanoes, lava fields, farms, churches, and domestic customs are recorded with exacting attention. Written in lucid, economical prose, the book joins Romantic fascination with northern sublimity to the nineteenth-century travelogue's documentary impulse. Pfeiffer's eye is practical rather than ornamental: landscapes, costs, conveyances, food, manners, and hardships become evidence in a disciplined ethnographic and natural-historical narrative. Ida Pfeiffer, an Austrian explorer born in 1797, became one of the most remarkable women travelers of her century. After raising her sons and living within the constraints expected of a middle-class widow, she pursued journeys that most contemporaries deemed unsuitable for a woman. Her frugality, self-reliance, scientific curiosity, and resistance to convention all inform this volume's keen authority. This book is recommended for readers interested in travel writing, women's history, Arctic and Nordic studies, and the formation of modern observational prose. Pfeiffer offers not merely adventure, but a penetrating account of how unfamiliar places can be studied with courage, restraint, and intellectual seriousness.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreTravel
Length9 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 25, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
19JOURNEY TO DELEMARKEN.
2Introduction
20CHAPTER IX
3Synopsis
21CHAPTER X
4Historical Context
22EXCURSION TO THE OLD ROYAL CASTLE OF GRIPTHOLM ON THE MALARSEE
5CHAPTER I
23JOURNEY FROM STOCKHOLM TO UPSALA AND TO THE IRON-MINES OF DANEMORA
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6PRAGUE.
24FROM STOCKHOLM TO TRAVEMUNDE AND HAMBURGH
7CHAPTER II
25CHAPTER XI
8CHAPTER III
26STAY IN BERLIN—RETURN TO VIENNA
9CHAPTER IV
27CHARLOTTENBURG
10EXCURSION TO VIDÖE.
28POTSDAM.
11SALMON FISHERY.
29APPENDIX A
12THE SULPHUR-SPRINGS AND SULPHUR-MOUNTAINS OF KRISUVIK.
30Salaries of the Royal Danish Officials in Iceland, which they receive from the Icelandic land-revenues.
13CHAPTER V
31LIST OF INVERTEBRATED ANIMALS collected in Iceland
14CHAPTER VI
32LIST OF ICELANDIC PLANTS collected by Ida Pfeiffer in the Summer of the year 1845
15CHAPTER VII
33Analysis
16DEPARTURE FROM ICELAND.—JOURNEY TO COPENHAGEN.
34Reflection
17DEPARTURE FROM COPENHAGEN.—CHRISTIANIA.
35Memorable Quotes
18CHAPTER VIII
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