English Literature, 19th cent.: Biographies

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Eden, Emily

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Eden, Emily (1797–1869), accompanied her brother to India in 1835, when he became governor-general. She published Portraits of the People and Princes of India (1844), Up the Country (1866), and Letters from India (1872). Her two novels The Semi-detached House (1859, anon.) and The Semi-attached Couple (1860, by ‘E.E.’) are a valuable record of social life, shedding a revealing light on attitudes to marriage, politics, and manners.

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Emily Eden

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Emily Eden 1797–1869, English novelist. She went with her brother George, Lord Auckland, to India when he was governor-general (1836–42). Her two novels, The Semi-detached House (1859) and The Semi-attached Couple (1860; with biographical introduction by Anthony Eden, 1947), give witty pictures of life in the early 19th cent.

Bibliography: See her letters (ed. by V. Dickinson, 1919).

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	EMILY LANGHORNE'S FARM IS A PIECE OF EDEN FOR HER PETS.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON) Newspaper article from: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA); 10/24/1999
	After Eden.(Book review) Magazine article from: Hollins Critic; 6/1/2009
	HIGH SCHOOL PREVIEW: GIRLS' SWIMMING AND DIVING; Eden Prairie, Edina switch;... Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 9/6/2000