Letters From Madras

Letters From Madras

Author: Julia Charlotte Maitland

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781022654396

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This fascinating collection of letters provides a firsthand account of life in British India during the mid-19th century. Julia Charlotte Maitland's vivid descriptions of the people, places, and events she encountered on her travels offer a unique perspective on the British Raj and the complex social and political dynamics of colonial India. Maitland's sharp wit and keen observations make this an engaging and entertaining read for anyone interested in history or travel writing. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Letters from Madras: During the Years 1836-1839 (1846)

Letters from Madras: During the Years 1836-1839 (1846)

Author: Julia Charlotte Maitland

Publisher:

Published: 2009-08

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781104991692

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.


FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Author: Adrian Poole

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2013-11-15

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 178308071X

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Edward FitzGerald's ‘Rubáiyát’, loosely based on verses attributed to the eleventh-century Persian writer, Omar Khayyám, has become one of the most widely known poems in the world, republished virtually every year from 1879 to the present day, and translated into over eighty different languages. And yet it has been largely ignored or at best patronized by the academic establishment. This volume sets out to explore the reasons for both the popularity and the neglect.


Imperial Conversations

Imperial Conversations

Author: Shanti Jayewardene-Pillai

Publisher: Yoda Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9788190363426

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The eighteenth century was a time of profound upheaval when economic and political control of southern India passed from native kings to the East India Company. Hand-in-hand with the resultant conflicts and skirmishes, a process of cultural sharing was gaining ground which went on to manifest itself in the form of a flourishing imperial cultural in the nineteenth century.