{"product_id":"travels-with-my-aunt-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","title":"Travels with My Aunt: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGraham Greene\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGloria Emerson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I met Aunt Augusta for the first time at my mother's funeral...\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDescribed by Graham Greene as \"the only book I have written just for the fun of it,\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTravels with My Aunt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of Hanry Pulling, a retired and complacent bank manager who meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. She soon persuades Henry to abandon his dull suburban existence to travel \u003ci\u003eher \u003c\/i\u003eway--winding through Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, and Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, one of Greene's greatest comic creations, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society; mixes with hippies, war criminals, and CIA men; smokes pot; and breaks all currency regulations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1970, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTravels with My Aunt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e offers intoxicating entertainment, yet also confronts some of the most perplexing human dilemmas. \u003cb\u003eThis Penguin Deluxe Edition features an introduction by Gloria Emerson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraham Greene (1904-1991), whose long life nearly spanned the length of the twentieth century, was one of its greatest novelists. Educated at Berkhamsted School and Balliol College, Oxford, he started his career as a sub-editor of the \u003cb\u003eLondon\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTimes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe began to attract notice as a novelist with his fourth book, \u003cb\u003eOrient Express\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ein 1932. In 1935, he trekked across northern Liberia, his first experience in Africa, told in \u003cb\u003eA Journey Without Maps\u003c\/b\u003e (1936). He converted to Catholicism in 1926, an edifying decision, and reported on religious persecution in Mexico in 1938 in \u003cb\u003eThe Lawless Roads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich served as a background for his famous \u003cb\u003eThe Power and the Glory\u003c\/b\u003e, one of several \"Catholic\" novels (\u003cb\u003eBrighton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eRock\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Heart of the Matter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe End of the Affair\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e). \u003c\/i\u003eDuring the war he worked for the British secret service in Sierra Leone; afterward, he began wide-ranging travels as a journalist, which were reflected in novels such as \u003cb\u003eThe Quiet American\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur Man in Havana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Comedians\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eTravels with My Aunt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Honorary Consul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Human Factor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonsignor Quixote\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003eThe Captain and the Enemy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eAs well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, two books of autobiography, \u003cb\u003eA Sort of Life\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWays of Escape\u003c\/b\u003e, two biographies, and four books for children. He also contributed hundreds of essays and film and book reviews to \u003cb\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/b\u003e and other journals, many of which appear in the late collection \u003cb\u003eReflections\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eMost of his novels have been filmed, including \u003cb\u003eThe Third Man\u003c\/b\u003e, which the author first wrote as a film treatment. Graham Greene was named Companion of Honour and received the Order of Merit among numerous other awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.34 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753715597600,"sku":"9780143039006","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1aa6d53819b02288f017898ba5d4b02e.webp?v=1780026156","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/travels-with-my-aunt-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}