Name: Original Letters from India
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Author: Simon Winchester
ISBN: 9781590173367

Type

Physical Book

Author

Eliza Fay

Edited by

E. M. Forster

Introduction by

Simon Winchester

Publisher

New York Review of Books

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.2x12.9x1.5 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN

9781590173367

ISBN13

9781590173367

Synopsis "Original Letters from India"

Eliza Fay's origins are obscure; she was not beautiful, rich, or outlandishly accomplished. Yet the letters she wrote from her 1779 voyage across the globe captivated E. M. Forster, who arranged for their British publication in 1925. The letters have been delighting readers ever since with their truth-is-stranger-than-fiction twists and turns, their earthy humor, and their depiction of an indomitable woman. When the intrepid Mrs. Fay departed from Dover more than two hundred years ago, she embarked on a grueling twelve-month journey through much of Europe, up the Nile, over the deserts of Egypt, and finally across the ocean to India. Along the way her party encountered wars, territorial disputes, brigands, and even imprisonment. Fay was a contemporary of Jane Austen, but her adventures are worthy of a novel by Daniel Defoe. These letters--unfiltered, forthright, and often hilarious--bring the perils and excitements of an earlier age to life.

E. M. Forster

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Edward Morgan Forster was a British novelist, essayist, and librettist, belonging to the Bloomsbury Group and noted for highlights of the Edwardian Era. His works address class differences and the hypocrisy of general society

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Simon Winchester

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Simon Winchester. The biography of this popular British writer, journalist, and broadcaster is filled with anecdotes: in 1977, The Guardian appointed him as a foreign correspondent in New Delhi, and he drove there from Oxford. While covering the Falklands occupation for The Sunday Times in 1982, he was kidnapped. He has dedicated his life to writing informative books, among which The Professor and the Madman stands out. For his services to journalism and literature, he was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

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