Emily Eden (1797–1869)
Forfatter af The Semi-Attached Couple, and The Semi-Detached House
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- Kanonisk navn
- Eden, Emily
- Fødselsdato
- 1797-03-03
- Dødsdag
- 1869-08-05
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Fødested
- Westminster, London, England, UK
- Bopæl
- India (1836-1869)
England, UK - Erhverv
- poet
novelist
Diarist
travel writer - Relationer
- Eden, Anthony (great-great-grandnephew)
Eden, William (father)
Eden, Fanny (sister) - Kort biografi
- 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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Group read: The Semi-Detached House by Emily Eden i Virago Modern Classics (februar 2018)
Group read: The Semi-Attached Couple i Virago Modern Classics (januar 2018)
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"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!… (mere)