Letters from India

Emily Eden

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107705845

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Volume 2
Emily Eden
Edited by Eleanor Eden

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: June 2015
Print publication year:: 2014
First published in:: 1872
Online ISBN:: 9781107705845
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107705845

Subjects:: Area Studies, South Asian History, British History after 1450, Historical Geography, Regional and World History: General Interest, Asian Studies, History
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia

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Emily Eden's childhood prepared her well for her role as companion to her brother, the Governor-General of India. Outwardly all that a minor aristocrat should be, the observant and sharp-tongued Eden (1797–1869) never censored her letters for the sake of diplomacy. This two-volume collection of letters, edited by her niece Eleanor Eden, was published posthumously in 1872 after the success of her 1866 collection, Up the Country (also reissued in this series). In Volume 2, which also contains several letters from Emily's sister Frances (1801–49), the round of engagements, days in an opulent houseboat, and biting observations on Anglo-Indian society, continue, but the generally cheerful tone begins to darken: 'It is very odd that no letters whatever have come from Cabul for three weeks, but the reports are all favourable' she notes, at the outset of the disastrous Anglo-Afghan War, which led to her brother's dismissal from India.

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pp i-ii

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pp iii-vi

TO THE HON. AND REV. ROBERT EDEN
pp 1-2

THE HON. F.H. EDEN TO A FRIEND
pp 2-5

THE HON. E. EDEN TO A FRIEND
pp 5-16

TO A FRIEND
pp 16-20

TO A FRIEND
pp 21-22

FROM THE HON. H. EDEN TO A FRIEND
pp 23-25

FROM THE HON. E. EDEN TO THE COUNTESS OF BUCKINGHMSHIRE
pp 25-29

TO —
pp 29-35

TO —
pp 36-43

TO A FRIEND
pp 44-46

TO THE COUNTESS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
pp 47-49

TO —
pp 50-54

TO A FRIEND
pp 54-65

TO THE HON. AND REV. ROBERT EDEN
pp 65-68

FROM THE HON. F. H. EDEN TO A FRIEND
pp 68-71

FROM THE HON. E. EDEN TO —
pp 71-77

TO THE HON. AND REV. R. EDEN
pp 78-80

FROM THE HON. F. H. EDEN TO A FRIEND
pp 80-82

FROM THE HON. E. EDEN TO THE COUNTESS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
pp 83-86

FROM THE HON. F. H. EDEN TO A FRIEND
pp 86-91

FROM THE HON. E. EDEN TO THE COUNTESS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
pp 91-93

TO THE HON. MRS. EDEN
pp 93-94

TO —
pp 94-96

FROM THE HON. F. H. EDEN TO A FRIEND
pp 96-100

FROM THE HON. E. EDEN TO —
pp 101-105

FROM THE HON. F. H. EDEN TO A FRIEND
pp 105-109

THE HON. F. H. EDEN TO —
pp 109-113

THE HON. F. H. EDEN TO —
pp 113-114

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