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A Tale of Two Sisters: Life in Early British Colonial Madras the Letters of Elizabeth Gwillim and Her Sister Mary Symonds from Madras 1801-1807

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A Tale of Two Sisters: Life in Early British Colonial Madras The Letters of Elizabeth Gwillim and Her Sister Mary Symonds from Madras 1801-1807 - Wheeler, Patrick
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These letters give a personal and intimate insight into the lives of two sisters living in Madras (now Chennai) in the time of Jane Austen. Both describe day-to-day life, occupations and relationships in the earliest days of British settlement, providing a rare glimpse into the social history of a place in India, far from home.

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A Tale of Two Sisters: Life in Early British Colonial Madras The Letters of Elizabeth Gwillim and Her Sister Mary Symonds from Madras 1801-1807 2021, Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781800791671

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