UID:
edocfu_9960117511402883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 396 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-69666-3
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Women's writing
Content:
Penned in the 1820s but not published until 1901, Fenton's Journal is an intimate portrait of the lives of European expatriates in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Written by a witness to the heyday of Empire, but read by those who were soon to experience its decline, Fenton's diary leads readers from Calcutta to Tasmania. The focus is domestic and relates 'a familiar picture of the everyday occurrences, manners and habits of life of persons undistinguished either by wealth or fame', but it is this informality that makes Fenton's account especially engaging. The reader remains with the author intermittently until her return to the family's English home. Together, her contrasting accounts of exotic foreign lands and the 'dull and downright reality' of Britain provide a rare insight into the life of an adventurous woman.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2010.
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Originally published: London: Edward Arnold, 1901.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-02202-2
Language:
English
