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In Morocco

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.

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  • "This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display."@en
  • ""Having begun my book with the statement that Morocco still lacks a guide-book, I should have wished to take a first step toward remedying that deficiency. But the conditions in which I travelled, though full of unexpected and picturesque opportunities, were not suited to leisurely study of the places visited. The time was limited by the approach of the rainy season, which puts an end to motoring over the treacherous trails of the Spanish zone. In 1918, owing to the watchfulness of German submarines in the Straits and along the northwest coast of Africa, the trip by sea from Marseilles to Casablanca, ordinarily so easy, was not to be made without much discomfort and loss of time. Once on board the steamer, passengers were often kept in port (without leave to land) for six or eight days; therefore for any one bound by a time-limit, as most war-workers were, it was necessary to travel across country, and to be back at Tangier before the November rains"--Preface."@en
  • ""Having begun my book with the statement that Morocco still lacks a guide-book, I should have wished to take a first step toward remedying that deficiency. But the conditions in which I travelled, though full of unexpected and picturesque opportunities, were not suited to leisurely study of the places visited. The time was limited by the approach of the rainy season, which puts an end to motoring over the treacherous trails of the Spanish zone. In 1918, owing to the watchfulness of German submarines in the Straits and along the northwest coast of Africa, the trip by sea from Marseilles to Casablanca, ordinarily so easy, was not to be made without much discomfort and loss of time. Once on board the steamer, passengers were often kept in port (without leave to land) for six or eight days; therefore for any one bound by a time-limit, as most war-workers were, it was necessary to travel across country, and to be back at Tangier before the November rains"--Preface."
  • "Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer and designer. After World War I, she travelled to Morocco as the guest of the Resident General, General Hubert Lyautey, and wrote a book In Morocco, about her experiences. Wharton's writing on her Moroccan travels is full of praise for the French administration and for Lyautey and his wife in particular."@en
  • "This work of travel writing was based on Wharton's trip to Morocco in 1917 with Walter Berry, and describes various cities seen during her tour, including Rabat, Moulay Idriss, Meknez, Fez, and Marrakech."@en
  • "A classic of travel writing, In Morocco is Edith Wharton's remarkable account of her journey to the country during World War I. With a characteristic sense of adventure, Wharton set out to explore Morocco and its people, recording her impressions and encounters. She traveled--by military jeep--to Rabat, Moulay Idriss, Fex and Marrakech, from the Atlantic coast to the high Atlas. Along the way she witnessed religious ceremonies and ritual dances, visited the opulent palaces of the Sultan and was admitted to the mysterious world of his harem. Her narrative is as rich as the souks through which she wandered, peopled with story-tellers and warriors, slaves and silk-spinners; an evocative and intimate portrait of an extraordinary country."
  • "American novelist and designer Edith Wharton traveled to Morocco after the end of World War I. Morocco is her account of her time there as the guest of General Hubert Lyautey. Her account praises Lyautey and his wife and also the French administration of the country."@en
  • "Edith Wharton visited Morocco in 1917 upon an official invitation from General Lyautey, resident general of French Morocco. Wharton spent three weeks traveling across what she called "a land of perpetual contradictions." Visiting Morocco, said Wharton, was "like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines." Her encounter with exotic Morocco resulted in the publication of In Morocco in 1920. Wharton considered her book to be Morocco's first travel guide."@en
  • "Edith Wharton découvrit le Maroc en 1917, à une époque où peu de voyageurs occidentaux avaient l'occasion de le parcourir comme elle le fit. Aux descriptions de mosquées, palais et harems, s'ajoutent des considérations plus générales sur l'histoire, l'architecture et la civilisation marocaines."
  • "Invitée par Lyautey, résident général de la République française, Edith Wharton découvrit le Maroc en 1917, à une époque où les voyageurs occidentaux étaient rares. Les recommandations dont elle bénéficia lui ouvrirent de nombreuses portes et lui permirent d'être le témoin des derniers instants d'une civilisation millénaire, avant que le Maroc ne s'ouvre au monde. Son témoignage est d'autant plus précieux qu'elle allie un don d'observation à une grande connaissance de l'histoire marocaine. Ses premières impressions de voyage furent publiées dans des journaux américains avant d'être réunies en volume en 1920."

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  • "In Morocco by Edith Wharton"
  • "Voyage au Maroc"
  • "En Marruecos"@es
  • "In Marocco : harem, moschee e cerimonie"@it
  • "In Marocco : harem, moschee e cerimonie"
  • "Voyage au Maroc : récit"
  • "In Morocco : [Illustrated]"
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  • "In Morocco"

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