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Letters from Egypt (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Victorian Travel Letters from the Nile Valley on Egyptian Village Life, Illness, and EmpireBy Lucie Lady Duff Gordon
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Letters from Egypt gathers Lucie, Lady Duff Gordon's vivid correspondence from the Nile valley, especially Luxor, where daily life, illness, ritual, taxation, famine, and village politics are rendered with unusual immediacy. Written in an elegant epistolary style, the book belongs to Victorian travel literature yet resists its more imperial habits: Duff Gordon's prose is observant, humane, and often ethnographic, privileging Arabic idiom, local voices, and the lives of the fellahin over picturesque antiquarian spectacle. Duff Gordon was born Lucie Austin into a distinguished intellectual household: her father, John Austin, was a legal philosopher, and her mother, Sarah Austin, a noted translator and writer. Married to Sir Alexander Duff Gordon and long connected with liberal literary circles, she went to Egypt in the 1860s seeking relief from tuberculosis. Illness made her a resident rather than a tourist, and her linguistic curiosity and sympathy for ordinary Egyptians shaped the letters' distinctive moral authority. This book is recommended to readers interested in travel writing, Middle Eastern history, women's authorship, and the cultural politics of empire. It remains compelling because its finest pages combine literary grace with rare attentiveness to human dignity. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreTravel
Length13 hrs 27 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 26, 2023
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
64June 16, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
2INTRODUCTION
65October 28, 1865: Mrs. Austin
3MEMOIR
66November 2, 1865: Mrs. Austin
4November 11, 1862: Mrs. Austin
67November 27, 1865: Mrs. Austin
5November 21, 1862: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
68December 5, 1865: Mrs. Austin
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6November 30, 1862: Mrs. Austin
69December 25, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
7December 20, 1862: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
70January 3, 1866: Maurice Duff Gordon
8February 11, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
71January 15, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
9March 7, 1863: Mrs. Austin
72February 7, 1886: Mrs. Austin
10March 10, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
73February 15, 1866: Mrs. Austin
11April 9, 1863: Mrs. Austin
74February 22, 1866: Mrs. Ross
12April 13, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
75February 22, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
13April 18, 1863: Mr. Tom Taylor
76March 6, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
14May 12, 1863: Mrs. Austin
77March 17, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
15May 12, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
78March 31, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
16May 21, 1863: Mrs. Austin
79April, 1866: Mrs. Ross
17May 25, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
80April, 1866: Mrs. Austin
18October 19, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
81May 10, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
19October 26, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
82June 22, 1866: Maurice Duff Gordon
20October 31, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
83July 10, 1866: Mrs. Austin
21November 14, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
84July 17, 1866: Alick
22November 21, 1863: Mrs. Austin
85August 20, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
23December 1, 1863: Mrs. Ross
86August 27, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
24December 2, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
87September 21, 1886: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
25December 17, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
88September 21, 1886: Mrs. Austin
26December 27, 1863: Mrs. Austin
89October 15, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
27January 3, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
90October 19, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
28January 5, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
91October 25, 1866: Mrs. Austin
29January 20, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
92November 21, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
30February 7, 1864: Mrs. Austin
93December 5, 1866: Mrs. Ross
31February 8, 1864: February 8, 1864
94December 31, 1886: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
32February 12, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
95January 12, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
33February 19, 1864: Mrs. Austin
96January 14, 1867: Mrs. Austin
34February 26, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
97January 22, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
35March 1, 1864: Mrs. Austin
98January 26, 1867: Mrs. Austin
36March 7, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
99February 3, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
37March 16, 1864: Mr. Tom Taylor
100March 6, 1867: Mrs. Austin
38March 22, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
101March 7, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
39April 6, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
102April 12, 1867: Mrs. Austin
40April 7, 1864: Mrs. Ross
103April 19, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
41April 14, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
104May 15, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
42May 15, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
105May 23, 1867: Mrs. Austin
43May 23, 1864: Mrs. Austin
106June 30, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
44June 12, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
107July 8, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
45June 26, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
108July 28, 1867: Mrs. Austin
46August 13, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
109July 29, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
47October 9, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
110August 7, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
48October 21, 1864: Mrs. Austin
111August 8, 1867: Mrs. Austin
49December 23, 1864: Mrs. Austin
112September 7, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
50January 2, 1865: Mrs. Austin
113October 17, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
51January 8, 1865: Dowager Lady Duff Gordon
114October 21, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
52January 9, 1865: Mrs. Austin
115November 3, 1867: Mrs. Ross
53February 7, 1865: Miss Austin
116December 20, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
54February 7, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
117January, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
55February 7, 1865: Mrs. Ross
118April, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
56March 13, 1865: Mrs. Austin
119May, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
57March 25, 1865: Mrs. Ross
120June 14, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
58March 30, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
121October 22, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
59April 3, 1865: Mrs. Austin
122November 6, 1868: Alick
60April 3, 1865: Mrs. Ross
123January 25, 1869: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
61April, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
124June 15, 1869: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
62April 29, 1865: Mrs. Austin
125July 9, 1869: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
63May, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
126Memorable Quotes

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