Project Gutenberg 2005-11-04 Public domain in the USA. 124 Paton, A. A. (Andrew Archibald) 1811 1874 Paton, Andrew Archibald Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Reading ease score: 63.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Digital & Multimedia Center, Michigan State University Libraries., Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Sankar Viswanathan, and Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net "Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family" by A. A. Paton is a travel narrative written in the mid-19th century. The book chronicles the author's reflections and experiences during his travels in Serbia and its surroundings, offering a detailed account of the region's customs, landscapes, and the contrast between its native and foreign influences. At the start of the narrative, the author expresses a sense of ennui after four years in the East and sets off from Beyrout to various locations, including Rhodes and Varna, before venturing into Serbia. The opening chapters detail his observations on cultural differences, his interactions with diverse individuals such as an American clergyman and a Mexican senator aboard the steamer, and his appreciation for the beauty and historical significance of places like the Mediterranean shores and the charming medieval architecture of Rhodes. This sections provides a rich context of the author's motivations and the dichotomy he perceives between Eastern and Western lifestyles as he embarks on his journey through the Balkans. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Serbia -- Description and travel DR Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 441616 2024-10-07T13:23:53.141791 2023-09-08T04:14:06.540597 text/html text/html 451336 2020-12-12T20:03:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 228296 2020-12-12T20:03:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 333016 2024-10-07T13:24:04.374739 application/epub+zip 337218 2024-10-07T13:23:57.351753 application/epub+zip 249225 2024-10-07T13:23:55.723777 application/epub+zip 596582 2024-10-07T13:24:09.489708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 539201 2024-10-07T13:24:03.070726 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318607 2022-09-08T08:43:51.726289 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383430 383235 2024-10-07T13:23:51.841797 2023-09-08T04:14:05.592618 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 383408 2020-12-12T20:03:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 151692 2020-12-12T20:03:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 383407 2020-12-12T20:03:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 151663 2020-12-12T20:03:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21359 2024-10-07T13:24:09.628708 application/rdf+xml 17715 2024-10-07T13:23:56.295759 image/jpeg 3899 2024-10-07T13:23:56.007752 image/jpeg 309017 2024-10-07T13:23:53.181762 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog