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S'està carregant… Letters from India (Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia) (Volume 2)de Hon. Emily Eden
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Not the best collection of Miss Eden's letters to start with: this selection omits the letters already published in Up the Country, leaving a three-year gap, and it is rather crudely edited by "Her Niece", with most of the recipients' names and many of the other names in the letters redacted out. As a result it's often not easy to follow what's going on. On the other hand, Miss Eden is a lively and interesting commentator on colonial India in the 1830s. Her account , from the privileged viewpoint of the governor-general's sister, makes fascinating reading. ( ) Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Emily Eden's childhood prepared her well for her role as companion to her brother, the Governor-General of India. Outwardly all that a minor aristocrat should be, the observant and sharp-tongued Eden (1797-1869) never censored her letters for the sake of diplomacy. This two-volume collection of letters, edited by her niece Eleanor Eden, was published posthumously in 1872 after the success of her 1866 collection, Up the Country (also reissued in this series). Volume 1 begins in England, with an account of preparations (including lessons in Hindi) for the voyage and subsequent seven-year stay in India, about which Emily was originally apprehensive. In spite of suffering from the heat (and from considerable boredom at her formal duties as Lord Auckland's hostess) she produces a series of light-hearted and engaging letters to friends and family, from 'At Sea, Nowhere in Particular' to the Governor-General's palatial residence in Calcutta. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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