Armchair traveler
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An armchair traveler is literally someone who prefers thinking about traveling when sitting comfortably at home in his armchair.
J. K. Huysmans's practically invented the concept of the armchair traveler when he created fictional character Des Esseintes in Against the Grain. Imagining traveling is more exciting than travel itself. The concept can also be applied to Boris Vian, who was enthusiastic about jazz and American culture, but never set a foot in that country, and to Ann Radcliffe, who based her literary depictions of Italy on the paintings of Salvator Rosa.
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