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This is a fascinating book about a young Victorian woman's travels in Iceland.Young lady Ethel almost on a whim, she, her brother,another young lady and two other men decide to go to Iceland. Ethel has a very keen traveler's eye, and really brings to life her observations of Iceland in those times, when life hadn't changed very much for centuries. She exudes the attitude of superiority that all British people possessed in the 19th century, referring to the Icelanders as natives. However, she really seemed to show respect for the Icelanders and their wonderful literary heritage, and admired their toughness, honesty and egalitarianism.

She undertook the journey with her brother and three friends, and from the start adopted a very no-nonsense approach: "It is no use going to Iceland, or any other out-of-the-way place if one cannot cheerfully endure the absence of accustomed luxuries." A Girl's Ride in Iceland features enthusiastic descriptions of the country's natural landscape and includes details on Icelandic food, cities, people and the iconic geysers.

Ethel Brailliana/Brilliana Harley (c1867- 1940), later Mrs. Alec Tweedie, was the British author of the travel books A Girl s Ride in Iceland (1889), A Winter Jaunt to Norway (1894), Through Finland in Carts (1897), Mexico as I Saw it (1901), Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman s Life (1912) and America as I Saw it; or, America Revisited (1913), amongst others. She was one of the first professional women travel writers.