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Letters from Egypt

Part of the Cultures in Dialogue: Second Series series
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Diagnosed with tuberculosis, Lady Lucie Duff Gordon left her family in London in 1862 to take up permanent residence in Upper Egypt or the Saeed.

There she wrote Letters from Egypt (1865), which offers an intimate portrayal of the social life of the Saeed, connecting happenings there with international politics and issues around race, class, nation, and gender.

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Product Details
Gorgias Press
1593339097 / 9781593339098
Hardback
13/01/2010
United States
435 pages
152 x 229 mm
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