Un tour au pays de Galles

Name of traveller

Albert Huet (1822-1866)

Date of travel

undated, ca. 1860s

[L]e Railway traverse comme un enfer. Tous ces ouvriers travaillant dans huit fonderies de cuivre, le long de la mer et dans un cercle de fonderies d’étain du côté de la terre, apparaissent aux voyageurs comme s’ils étaient au milieu des flammes. (Huet 20)

Content

  • clothing: description of a Miss Roberts of Dolgellau and her Welsh costume
  • customs: descriptions of families' study of the Bible and Catholic mass in Llandudno
  • industry: end of a 6-week long strike of quarrymen against Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn (1800-1886) on day of the author's arrival in Bethesda
  • recreation: complains of lack of entertainment in Wales on Sundays
  • transport: travels by train

Nationality of traveller

French

Language of publication

French

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

travelogue

Citation

Huet, Albert. Un tour au pays de Galles. Paris, 1877. Print.

Entry created: 27 February 2014
Entry last updated: 10 November 2017