A Voyage of Consolation: Being In the nature of a Sequel to the Experiences of An American Girl In London

A Voyage of Consolation: Being In the Nature of a Sequel to the Experiences of An American Girl In London by Sara Jeannette Duncan, first published in 1898. In her works, which range from stories drawn from her experience as a resident of India to novels satirical of British and American society, Duncan wrote with a journalistic attention to detail and dramatized such themes as the effects of British imperialism on colonial culture and the clash of idealism, imagination, and talent with tradition and conformity. A Voyage of Consolation is a sequel of sorts to Duncan's An American Girl in London. When she complains to her father that she is heartbroken for the termination of the engagement, he decides on a voyage of consolation, taking himself, his wife, and their daughter to Europe for a tour through Italy and France. The voyage provides opportunity for Duncan's witty observations of people and places, and by the end, romance has again entered her narrator's life.