Letters from India

Emily Eden

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107705838

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Volume 1
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:: 9781107705838
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107705838

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). Volume 1 begins in England, with an account of preparations (including lessons in Hindi) for the voyage and subsequent seven-year stay in India, about which Emily was originally apprehensive. In spite of suffering from the heat (and from considerable boredom at her formal duties as Lord Auckland's hostess) she produces a series of light-hearted and engaging letters to friends and family, from 'At Sea, Nowhere in Particular' to the Governor-General's palatial residence in Calcutta.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

PREFACE
pp iii-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

TO A FRIEND
pp 1-3

TO A FRIEND
pp 3-6

TO A FRIEND
pp 6-7

TO A FRIEND
pp 7-14

TO THE HON. AND REV. ROBERT EDEN (LATE LORD AUCKLAND)
pp 14-16

TO A FRIEND
pp 16-23

TO THE COUNTESS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
pp 23-32

TO THE HON. MRS. EDEN (NOW LADY AUCKLAND)
pp 32-37

TO —
pp 37-41

TO —
pp 41-43

FROM THE HON. F. H. EDEN TO A FRIEND
pp 43-49

FROM HON. EMILY EDEN TO A FRIEND
pp 49-54

TO —
pp 54-55

TO —
pp 55-56

TO A FRIEND
pp 57-69

TO A SISTER
pp 70-77

TO A FRIEND
pp 78-81

TO A FRIEND
pp 82-89

FROM THE HON. F. H. EDEN
pp 89-96

FROM HON. EMILY EDEN TO —
pp 96-119

TO A FRIEND
pp 119-129

FROM THE HON. F. H. EDEN TO A FRIEND
pp 129-133

FROM THE HON. EMILY EDEN TO —
pp 133-145

TO A SISTER
pp 145-146

TO A FRIEND
pp 146-147

TO THE SAME
pp 147-161

TO A FRIEND
pp 161-165

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