While Wandering

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A collection of literary walks -- from Austen, Woolf & Bronte to Colm Toibin, Bruce Chatwin & Werner Herzog -- this is the ultimate companion for readers & walkers looking to take inspiration from poems, novels, plays & journals. "It is good to collect things, but better to go on walks." --Anatole France A fundamental act, often taken for granted, yet through the centuries it has inspired a fascinating literature. This, the first comprehensive anthology on the subject, delves into why we walk and how we walk; the differences between the country hike and the city stroll; walking and wooing; walking into trouble and marching out. A mix of fiction and non-fiction, poetry and drama provides the reader with over two hundred booted authors. Xenophone and Baudelaire, Flora Thompson and Julian Barnes, Mark Twain and Roberto Calasso tramp the pages of this fascinating collection.Previously published with the title The Vintage Book of Walking.