A Bengali lady in England by Krishnabhabini Das (1885) / translated, edited and introduced by Somdatta Mandal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mandal, Somdatta, translator, editor, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dāsa, Kr̥shṇabhābinī, 1864-1919--Travel--England.

Dāsa, Kr̥shṇabhābinī.

England--Description and travel.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

This is a translation from Bengali to English of the first ever woman's travel narrative written in the late nineteenth century when India was still under British imperial rule with Bengal as its capital. Krishnabhabini Das (1864-1919) was a middle-class Bengali lady who accompanied her husband on his second visit to England in 1882, where they lived for eight years. Krishnabhabini wrote her narrative in Bengali and the account was published in Calcutta in 1885 as England-e Bongomohila [A Bengali Lady in England]. This anonymous publication had the author's name written simply as "A Bengali La

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8239-9

OCLC:

922703998