Tongshu calendar: Monkey and Wen Lu: European travel notes in the Victorian era

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This illustration comes from the "Paggie's European Tour" published in 1824, telling the story of a monkey called Page in European countries.This illustration depicts the scene where Page visits the London Zoo.

At that time, in the British and American high -class society, after graduating from college of rich children, they had to go to major cities in mainland Europe for sightseeing. This was an important part of their education system.The protagonist in the book, Pagge, also decided to leave his hometown like a young man at the time to see the outside world.

This book was very popular at the time of publication. In the Victorian British female writer George Eliot's semi -autobiographical novel "The mill on the Flos River", this "Page's European Journey" is the heroine MaiqiOne of the favorite books, because there are illustrations in the book, and you can see various people in the world from the book.

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