Scenes and Characteristics of Hindostan: With Sketches of Anglo-Indian Society

by Emma Roberts

Book Overview

Emma Roberts' 1835 work, compiled from articles she published in the Asiatic Journal, was well received in India and England. Roberts lived in India from 1828 with her sister and her brother-in-law, who served in the 61st Bengal infantry. In 1830 she moved to Calcutta, where she edited and wrote for the Oriental Observer and contributed to periodicals and annuals. Returning to London in 1832, she threw herself into the literary world, publishing in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108019196
• ISBN13: 9781108019194
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"