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An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah

Gelesen von Carol Fullerton-Samsel

(4,25 Sterne; 4 Bewertungen)

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

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II. Rangoon

19:40

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III. The Road to Mandalay

15:43

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IV. The Journey to the HIlls

27:46

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V. The Up-country Station

17:16

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VI. The European Inhabitants

40:54

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VII. The Burmese

27:16

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VIII. Entertaining

10:28

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IX. Adventures

15:16

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X. Beasts and Reptiles

26:23

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XI. Sport

20:39

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XII. The Return

11:24

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Bewertungen

(5 Sterne)

Humorous entertaining story well written and great leader