Amelia B. Edwards (1831–1892)
Autore di A Thousand Miles up the Nile
Sull'Autore
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Opere di Amelia B. Edwards
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Amelia B. Edwards: Contains Two Novelettes 'Monsieur Maurice'… (2009) 10 copie
Winter Ghosts: Classic Ghost Stories for Christmas (Black Heath Gothic, Sensation and Supernatural) (2014) 9 copie
A summary of English history, from the Roman conquest to the present time with observations on the progress of art,… (1859) 4 copie
Lord Brackenbury 4 copie
Debenham's vow 2 copie
Half a million of money. A novel 1 copia
Miss Carew 1 copia
My brother's wife 1 copia
Works of Amelia Edwards 1 copia
My Brother's Ghost Story 1 copia
The Engineer 1 copia
An Engineer's Story 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce (2010) — Collaboratore — 146 copie
Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated) (2011) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 77 copie
The Phantom Coach: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Ghost Stories (The Connoisseur's Collections) (1900) — Collaboratore — 57 copie
The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II (1806) — Collaboratore — 42 copie
The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume Five (2021) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies, (1967) — Collaboratore — 28 copie
Masters of the Macabre: An Anthology of Mystery, Horror, and Detection (1975) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Dead Drunk: Tales of Intoxication and Demon Drinks: 41 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2023) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Roads of Destiny: And Other Tales of Alternative Histories and Parallel Realms: 43 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2023) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Murder by gaslight, Victorian tales — Collaboratore — 3 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
- Data di nascita
- 1831-06-07
- Data di morte
- 1892-04-15
- Luogo di sepoltura
- St Mary's Church, Henbury, Bristol, England, UK
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England, UK
- Istruzione
- at home
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
novelist
Egyptologist
Travel Writer
short story writer
ghost story writer - Relazioni
- Betham-Edwards, Matilda (cousin)
- Organizzazioni
- Egypt Exploration Society (co-founder, 1882)
Edwards Chair of Egyptology, University College London (bequest) - Breve biografia
- Amelia B. Edwards was born in London and educated at home by her mother. She began to write at a young age, publishing her first poem at age 7 and her first story at 12. She went on to publish a variety of poetry, stories, and articles in a large number of British magazines and newspapers. She published her first novel, My Brother's Wife, in 1855, but it was Barbara's History (1864), a novel about bigamy, that made her famous. She also wrote ghost stories, including the often-anthologized "The Phantom Coach" (1864). In the winter of 1873–74, accompanied by several friends, Edwards visited Egypt, where she developed a fascination with the country and its cultures, both ancient and modern. After returning home, she wrote a travelogue with hand-drawn illustrations called A Thousand Miles up the Nile (1877), which became an immediate bestseller. Edwards now became a devoted advocate for research and preservation of the ancient Egyptian monuments and, in 1882, co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund (now the Egypt Exploration Society) with Reginald Stuart Poole of the British Museum. Following the publication of her hit novel, Lord Brackenbury (1880), she abandoned her other literary work to concentrate solely on Egyptology. Edwards contributed entries to the 9th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, to the American supplement of that work, and to the Standard Dictionary. She went on a lecture tour of the USA in 1889–90, and these lectures were later published under the title Pharaohs, Fellahs, and Explorers (1891). On her death, Edwards bequeathed her valuable collection of Egyptian antiquities and her library to University College London, together with a sum of £2,500 to found an Edwards Chair of Egyptology.
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- Opere
- 47
- Opere correlate
- 58
- Utenti
- 603
- Popolarità
- #41,679
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 14
- ISBN
- 105
- Lingue
- 6
- Preferito da
- 1
En was het alleen maar dat snobisme! Ronduit walgelijk is het verhaal van de jager die meereist en per ongeluk een kind verwondt. Het zijn de Egyptenaren die maar ternauwernood aan een gevangenisstraf ontsnappen. Zij hebben hem immers zijn geweer afgenomen.
Maar goed, van dat incident treft Amelia geen schuld. En al valt er op haar attitude wat aan te merken, schrijven kan ze wel. De race tussen de dahabiya's om als eerste aan te meren in Aswan is spannender dan menig thriller en haar beschrijving van de tempel van Karnak gaf me meer zin om naar Egypte af te reizen dan het beste fotoboek. Daarbij spreekt ze nog met kennis van zaken, al is er in de Egyptologie wel wat veranderd sinds 1874.
Geïllustreerd met prenten van Amelia zelf, met een uitgebreide introductie, gebonden en met dubbel leeslint; voor Amelia is alleen het beste goed genoeg!… (altro)