"Berufstragik"
Name of traveller
Max Eyth (1836-1906)
Reason for travel
- holidaying
Date of travel
undated, ca. 1860s
Die lieblichen Ufer um Bangor, die gewaltigen Berge von Nordwales, der glorreiche Ozean und der frische Seewind, der den Salzgeruch des Meeres bis über die Gipfel von Snowdon und Kadr Idris trug, gaben uns in drei Tagen all den Lebensmut wieder, den wir im Dunst von Manchester seit den letzten drei Monaten eingebüßt hatten. (Eyth 242)
Content
- architecture:
- detailed inspection of Britannia Bridge, mistakenly identified as Menai Bridge
- draws sketches of the Britannia Bridge
- literature:
- fictionalised version of an original journey undertaken in north Wales
- republished as novella: Die Brücke über die Ennobucht. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1957. Print.
- people: journey undertaken together with the fictional engineer Harold Stoß from Karlsruhe
- recreation: clean air of north Wales evaluated as beneficial to the travellers' well-being
- terrain:
- romantic descriptions of north Wales coast and mountains
- scenery along the Menai Strait equated to paradise
- compare with letters written during the real journey
- click here to read the full short story
Nationality of traveller
German
Language of publication
German
Gender of traveller
Male
Type of publication
novella; short story
Citation
Eyth, M[ax]. "Berufstragik." Hinter Pflug und Schraubstock: Skizzen aus dem Taschenbuch eines Ingenieurs. 1899. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, 1909. 415-557. Print.