Emily Eden (1797–1869)
Autore di The Semi-Attached Couple, and The Semi-Detached House
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Opere di Emily Eden
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Eden, Emily
- Data di nascita
- 1797-03-03
- Data di morte
- 1869-08-05
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Westminster, London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- India (1836-1869)
England, UK - Attività lavorative
- poet
novelist
Diarist
travel writer - Relazioni
- Eden, Anthony (great-great-grandnephew)
Eden, William (father)
Eden, Fanny (sister) - Breve biografia
- Emily Eden was born in London, England, a daughter of Eleanor Elliot and William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland. She was one of 14 siblings, including Frances "Fanny" Eden and George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. She never married, and along with her sister accompanied their brother to India during his term as Governor-General in 1835–1842. She wrote popular works about India, and her celebrated travel accounts, diary, and published letters give colorful insights into the daily life of the British Raj in India prior to the Mutiny of 1857. She was also a successful novelist as the author of two witty and satirical works, The Semi-Attached House (1859) and The Semi-Attached Couple (1860). She moved in the highest circles of British society and entertained the celebrities of the day, including her close friend Lord Melbourne. The 2003 novel One Last Look by Susanna Moore was inspired in part by the journals and private papers of Emily Eden and Fanny Eden.
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Discussioni
Group read: The Semi-Detached House by Emily Eden in Virago Modern Classics (Febbraio 2018)
Group read: The Semi-Attached Couple in Virago Modern Classics (Gennaio 2018)
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This is a cute little story, about a bunch of rich people in Victorian England. There is Mr and Mrs Douglas and their two daughters, which family is not quite as rich as neighbors, Lord and Lady Eskdale, and their four children. Mrs Douglas is a sour grapes-sort of person, but it all comes out Happy in the end. Not a very realistic book, but still fairly enjoyable.
I don't know how I haven't heard of EE before; she's really the next best thing when accepting the tragedy of Jane Austen not writing more books.
Elizabeth Klett's Librivox recording is also VERY good.
Elizabeth Klett's Librivox recording is also VERY good.
Two 19th century novels:
My favourite was definitely the former- published 1859 but written thirty years before, and with a definite Jane Austen flavour to the story of an aristocratic newly-wed couple, struggling to get used to their new life. Watched (and constantly criticized) by their poorer, jealous neighbour Mrs Douglas; and given additional stresses in their married life by the trouble-making comments of the truly ghastly, self-aggrandizing Lady Portmore, there are moments of laugh-out-loud humour.
The Semi-Detached House is more of a typical Victorian story, as Lady Blanche Chester (reluctantly taking such a residence while her husband is away) finds her neighbours much nicer than she had anticipated, and all ends well.… (altro)
My favourite was definitely the former- published 1859 but written thirty years before, and with a definite Jane Austen flavour to the story of an aristocratic newly-wed couple, struggling to get used to their new life. Watched (and constantly criticized) by their poorer, jealous neighbour Mrs Douglas; and given additional stresses in their married life by the trouble-making comments of the truly ghastly, self-aggrandizing Lady Portmore, there are moments of laugh-out-loud humour.
The Semi-Detached House is more of a typical Victorian story, as Lady Blanche Chester (reluctantly taking such a residence while her husband is away) finds her neighbours much nicer than she had anticipated, and all ends well.… (altro)
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- 8
- Utenti
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- Popolarità
- #35,840
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 21
- ISBN
- 54
- Lingue
- 2
"Yes sir! I can waltz! I can flirt! I'm out of the schoolroom at last! Pa' says I'm a romp, Ma' says I'm a pert, I say, I am fast! I am fast!
We girls love a park! It's the men who are stiff. Why that little Lord John's such a tease, If I ask him to dance, he turns off in a Tiff, Last, sir! That is ease! That is ease!
I handle the ribbons! I smoke my cigar! I polk till Aunt Jane looks aghast. I swim like a fish! Ride like young Lochinvar! In short, I am fast! I am fast!… (altro)