An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah


Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel

(4.2 stars; 4 reviews)

An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah, by Beth Ellis, is a well-edited, turn-of-the-century journal documenting a young woman’s visit to Burma. The account documents her ocean voyage to Rangoon, and her stay in a small, jungle-embedded, European community in Remyo. The author, who travelled to Asia alone to visit her brother, is quick to laugh at her own exaggerated fears. She gives us a glimpse into the less-than-glamorous lives to Myanmar’s British occupiers. The book was published in 1899, just thirteen years after the conclusion of the third Anglo-Burmese war, when Britain took formal control of Myanmar and made it a province of India. (Summary by Carol Fullerton-Samsel) (4 hr 22 min)

Chapters

Introduction and I. The Voyage 29:29 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
II. Rangoon 19:40 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
III. The Road to Mandalay 15:43 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
IV. The Journey to the HIlls 27:46 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
V. The Up-country Station 17:16 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
VI. The European Inhabitants 40:54 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
VII. The Burmese 27:16 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
VIII. Entertaining 10:28 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
IX. Adventures 15:16 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
X. Beasts and Reptiles 26:23 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
XI. Sport 20:39 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
XII. The Return 11:24 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel

Reviews


(5 stars)

Humorous entertaining story well written and great leader