Project Gutenberg 1997-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 127 Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 Boz Dickens, Charles John Huffam Collins, Wilkie 1824 1889 Collins, William Wilkie The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices Transcribed from the 1905 Chapman and Hall edition (_The Works of Charles Dickens_, volume 28) by David Price "The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices" by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins is a humorous travel narrative written in the mid-19th century. The story follows two idle apprentices, Thomas Idle and Francis Goodchild, who escape their mundane lives for what they hope will be a carefree excursion. However, their journey quickly transforms into a comedic exploration of their contrasting personalities and views on idleness, which leads to a series of misadventures. The opening of the narrative introduces us to Idle and Goodchild as they abandon their responsibilities, longing for the simple pleasure of doing nothing. Their haphazard travel takes them from London to the northern English countryside, juxtaposing the idyllic rural landscape with their bumbling attempts at navigation and exploration. The characters are animated and engaging, with Goodchild often pushing Idle into ill-conceived plans that lead to humorous conflicts, particularly when their trip takes an unexpected turn in the rainy terrain of Cumberland, where they endeavor to climb the mountain Carrock. Their idleness and the absurdity of their situation set up a light-hearted but reflective commentary on the concept of leisure and purpose in life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Apprentices -- Fiction Walking -- England -- Cumbria -- Fiction Cumbria (England) -- Description and travel -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 267152 267017 2024-09-01T07:38:03.905493 2023-10-01T07:06:58.933076 text/html text/html 269709 2015-01-11T15:07:33 text/html 738884 2015-01-11T15:10:42 text/html application/zip 748147 2024-09-01T07:38:07.512469 application/epub+zip 749852 2024-09-01T07:38:04.532477 application/epub+zip 144279 2024-09-01T07:38:04.205474 application/epub+zip 821818 2024-09-01T07:38:10.103457 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 804341 2024-09-01T07:38:07.150460 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200365 2022-09-01T08:36:08.452082 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 254648 254558 2024-09-01T07:38:03.596492 2023-10-01T07:06:58.662082 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 254715 2015-01-11T15:06:53 text/plain; charset=utf-8 97112 2015-01-11T15:10:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19775 2024-09-01T07:38:10.245444 application/rdf+xml 9480 2024-09-01T07:38:04.273476 image/jpeg 2060 2024-09-01T07:38:04.238480 image/jpeg 741865 2024-09-01T07:38:03.943475 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia