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 Eliza Fay?s origins are obscure; she was not beautiful, rich, or outlandishly accomplished. Yet the letters she wrote...
| Title | : | Original Letters from India |
| Author | : | Eliza Fay |
| Rating | : | |
| Genres | : | Travel |
| ISBN | : | 1590173368 |
| Edition Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 pages pages |
Original Letters from India Reviews
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I hate when life interferes with my reading, and interfering is what it did of lately. Eliza Fay deserved better of me than putting this book down for days at time, just to return to it without great emotional commitment. So, be aware that my impression of this collection of letters wa...
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The letters don't give a full picture of what it might be like to live in India, although she does some vivid descriptions of scenery and some sharp observations on the practice of suttee. The letters do provide an interesting picture of what it was like to travel by ship, mule, and...
I came across this while looking for texts about the everyday experience of living in India in the early 1800s. There are not a lot of these. Eliza Fay set off from England, relatively newly married, and crossed Europe and the Middle East before taking ship for Calcutta. She experience...
Really entertaining if you're a huge travel lit. nerd. Like me. ...
Eliza Fay is quite a lady -- determined, practical, and interesting. I enjoyed her adventures immensely. ...
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This collection of letters dates from the late 1700s, and describes two visits to India by Eliza Fay, her return to England from the first visit, and her trip to America from the second visit. She later returned to India and died there in 1816. The first voyage took more than a year a...
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Very strange to read these real letters written by a woman in 1779 as she travels around the world in order to start a business with her husband. To think she was writing her letters home at the same time Jane Austen was writing about Darcy. A slight difference in tone though as Fry se...- ...
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