An Excursion in Greece (Excursion en Grèce, 1852)

Gautier, Théophile (1811–1872), translated by Kline, A. S. (contact-email)

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Gautier visited Greece briefly during his return journey from Constantinople in 1852, en route via Syros to Trieste. The narrative of his excursion to Piraeus and Athens was included in the posthumous collection L’Orient (1877)

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Kline, A. S.

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