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Original letters from India / Eliza Fay ; annotated by E.M. Forster ; introduction by Simon Winchester.

Title
Original letters from India / Eliza Fay ; annotated by E.M. Forster ; introduction by Simon Winchester.
Author
Fay, Eliza, 1756-1816
Publication
New York : New York Review Books, c2010.

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Additional Authors
Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970
Description
xii, 288 p.; 21 cm.
Summary
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. -- Back cover.
Series Statement
New York Review Books classics
Uniform Title
New York Review Books classics
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Records and correspondence
  • History.
  • Records and correspondence.
Note
  • Originally published: London : Hogarth Press, 1925.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction / Simon Winchester -- Introductory notes / [by E.M. Forster] -- Manuscript of the letters -- Editions of the letters -- Mrs. Fay's career -- Her style; her character -- The historcial background -- Calcutta in 1780 -- The Devis portrait -- Preface -- Original letters -- Terminal notes / by E.M. Forster -- Index of main references.
ISBN
  • 9781590173367 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1590173368
LCCN
^^2009031818
OCLC
  • 326543545
  • SCSB-11866950
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library