The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life of Jack Wilton: With an Essay on the Life and Writings of Thomas Nash by Edmund Gosse: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life of Jack Wilton: With an Essay on the Life and Writings of Thomas Nash by Edmund Gosse is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Nash, Thomas (1567–1601).
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"The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life of Jack Wilton" by Thomas Nashe is a picaresque novel published in 1594. Jack Wilton, an adventurous English page, swindles his way through military camps before embarking on a dangerous journey across sixteenth-century Europe. He witnesses massacres, befriends literary figures, travels with the Earl of Surrey, and plunges into Italy's intrigues with his companion Diamante. Through deception, imprisonment, romance, and moral dilemmas, Jack navigates a continent rife with hypocrisy, violence, and cultural corruption before ultimately departing Italy's shadowy depths.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life of Jack Wilton: With an Essay on the Life and Writings of Thomas Nash by Edmund Gosse
- Author credits: Nash, Thomas (1567–1601)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Adventure stories
- Travelers -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Humour
- Category: Novels
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