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Letters from Egypt, 1863-65

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Letters from Egypt, 1863-65
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Lucie Duff Gordon
Edited by Sarah Austin
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:388
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
ISBN/Barcode 9781108026734
ClassificationsDewey:916.2043
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 9 December 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Lucie Duff Gordon (1821-1869) was a translator and travel writer. Forced to leave England in 1851 due to tuberculosis, she went first to South Africa and then to Egypt. Her letters home were published, with considerable success. She writes with great feeling about the ordinary life of the Egyptians: her interest in and sympathy with them is clear, and her great affection for them led to criticism of the derogatory way in which many western visitors regarded them. But she was also highly critical of the effects of western influence on them, and her comments about the Suez Canal project and new railroads being achieved by forced labour and high taxes were not well received: some of her political opinions were removed from subsequent editions. This volume, first published in 1865, was edited by her mother, also a writer, and covers the years 1862-1865, including her voyage out.