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Lucie Duff Gordon

3.8/5 ( ratings)
Born
June 23 1821
Died
1313 07 18691869
Lucie, Lady Duff Gordon was an English writer. She is best known for her Letters from Egypt and Letters from the Cape. She suffered from tuberculosis and in 1851 went to South Africa for the 'climate' which she hoped would help her health, living near the Cape of Good Hope for several years before travelling to Egypt in 1862.

In Egypt, she settled in Luxor where she learned Arabic and wrote many letters to her husband and her mother about her observation of Egyptian culture, religion and customs. Many critics regard her as being 'progressive' and tolerant, although she also held problematic views of various racial groups. Her letters home are celebrated for their humor, her outrage at the ruling Ottomans, and many personal stories gleaned from the people around her. In many ways they are also typical of orientalist traveller tales of this time.

Most of her letters are to her husband, Alexander Duff-Gordon and her mother, Mrs. Sarah Austin. She married Duff-Gordon in Kensington in 1840. and their daughter, Janet Ann Ross , was born in 1842 and died in 1927.
Lady Duff-Gordon was also the author of a number of translations, including one of Wilhelm Meinhold's The Amber Witch.
She is one of the characters in the novel The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger.- Source: Wikipedia

Lucie Duff Gordon

3.8/5 ( ratings)
Born
June 23 1821
Died
1313 07 18691869
Lucie, Lady Duff Gordon was an English writer. She is best known for her Letters from Egypt and Letters from the Cape. She suffered from tuberculosis and in 1851 went to South Africa for the 'climate' which she hoped would help her health, living near the Cape of Good Hope for several years before travelling to Egypt in 1862.

In Egypt, she settled in Luxor where she learned Arabic and wrote many letters to her husband and her mother about her observation of Egyptian culture, religion and customs. Many critics regard her as being 'progressive' and tolerant, although she also held problematic views of various racial groups. Her letters home are celebrated for their humor, her outrage at the ruling Ottomans, and many personal stories gleaned from the people around her. In many ways they are also typical of orientalist traveller tales of this time.

Most of her letters are to her husband, Alexander Duff-Gordon and her mother, Mrs. Sarah Austin. She married Duff-Gordon in Kensington in 1840. and their daughter, Janet Ann Ross , was born in 1842 and died in 1927.
Lady Duff-Gordon was also the author of a number of translations, including one of Wilhelm Meinhold's The Amber Witch.
She is one of the characters in the novel The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger.- Source: Wikipedia

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