{"product_id":"the-land-beyond-the-forest-facts-figures-and-fancies-from-transylvania-paperback-9781108021609","title":"The Land Beyond the Forest; Facts, Figures, and Fancies from Transylvania (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108021609","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Land Beyond the Forest\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFacts, Figures, and Fancies from Transylvania\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGerard's informative and highly readable travelogue about the country and people of Transylvania inspired Bram Stoker when writing Dracula.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEmily Gerard (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108021609, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 20 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNovelist Emily Gerard (1849–1905) went with her husband, an officer in the Austrian army, to Transylvania for two years in 1883. Then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today a region of western Romania, Transylvania was little known to readers back in England. In the years following, she wrote this full-length account (published in 1888) as well as several articles on the region, which Bram Stoker used when researching the setting for Dracula. She describes her encounters with the different nationalities that made up the Transylvanian people: Romanians, Saxons and gypsies. Full of startling anecdotes and written in a novelistic style, her work combines her personal recollections with a detailed account of the landscape and people. The first volume recounts her first impressions and the superstitions and customs of the Romanian and Saxon populations. For more information on this author, see http:\/\/orlando.cambridge.org\/public\/svPeople?person_id=geraem\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introductory\u003cbr\u003e 2. Historical\u003cbr\u003e 3. Political\u003cbr\u003e 4. Arrival in Transylvania. First impressions\u003cbr\u003e 5. Saxon historical feast. Legend\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Saxons. Character, Education, Religion\u003cbr\u003e 7. Saxon villages\u003cbr\u003e 8. Saxon interiors. Character\u003cbr\u003e 9. Saxon churches and sieges\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Saxon village pastor\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Saxon brotherhoods. Neighbourhoods and village hann\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Saxons. Dress, spinning and dancing\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Saxons. Betrothal\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Saxons. Marriage\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Saxon. Birth and infancy\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Saxon. Death and burial\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Roumanians. Their origin\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Roumanians. Their religion. Popas and churches\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Roumanians. Their character\u003cbr\u003e 20. Roumanian life\u003cbr\u003e 21. Roumanian marriage and morality\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Roumanians. Dancing, songs, music, stories, and proverbs\u003cbr\u003e 23. Roumanian poetry\u003cbr\u003e 24. The Roumanians. Nationality and atrocities\u003cbr\u003e 25. The Roumanians. Death and burial. Vampires and were-wolves\u003cbr\u003e 26. Roumanians superstition. Days and hours.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003388252440,"sku":"9781108021609","price":32.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108021609i.jpg?v=1694869647","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-land-beyond-the-forest-facts-figures-and-fancies-from-transylvania-paperback-9781108021609","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}