A review by chloehamburn
In Morocco by Edith Wharton

1.0

This was not my style of travelogue at all. Instead of providing emotional, cultural, spiritual, personal insight into both the author and her destination, Edith Wharton's In Morocco read instead like an almanac and fact-finding mission for the elites of early 20th century America and Western Europe. For one of American literature's most beloved authors, I expected a little more in this writing besides the recounting of tame (read: boring) travel stories, pro-colonialist attitudes, and discomfiting exoticism toward the "barbaric," "savage," "indigenous" population of Morocco. This is my first book by Edith Wharton, and while I still plan on reading her classic novels, I do not think her literary talents are to be found in travel writing.

Man, I have hit a string of books lately that have not sit well with me. :(