Literary Escapes: Exploring the Real-Life Settings of the World's Favourite Fiction

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John Sutherland

Literary Escapes

Exploring the Real-Life Settings of the World's Favourite Fiction

John Sutherland

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Hardie Grant Books
28 October 2025

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays; Literary companions; Classic travel writing

Some stories couldn’t happen just anywhere or any time. Often the scenery, setting or era is as central to the tale as any character – and just as easily recognised. Literary Escapes brings together an eclectic collage of over 70 familiar literary worlds paired with original maps and archive material, as well as illustrations and photography.

In this collection of essays, the reader will become immersed in Les Misérables’ revolutionary Paris, feel the chill wind of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, and hear the churning paddles of Mississippi steamboats in Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. Now in an updated new edition, with extended geographic scope and new entries.

Edited by: John Sutherland
Imprint: Hardie Grant Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 171mm,
ISBN: 9781761452772
ISBN 10: 1761452770
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 28 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

John Sutherland is Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London. His books include How to Read a Novel: A User’s Guide and Victorian Fiction: Writers, Publishers, Readers. He acts as a general editor to a team of literary critics including Michael Bourne, Daniel Hahn, Maya Jaggi, Robert Macfarlane, Laura Miller, Xenobe Purvis, Eric Rabkin, and Susan Shillinglaw