Recollections of a happy life : being the autobiography of Marianne North

Author(s)

• North, Marianne
• Morgan, Susan

Bibliographic Information

Recollections of a happy life : being the autobiography of Marianne North

edited with an introduction by Susan Morgan

University Press of Virginia, 1993-

• v. 1 : pbk

Note

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1894

Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. [368]-374)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

These are the memoirs of Marianne North, the Victorian amateur botanist and painter. She journeyed to the remote reaches of the world, collecting and painting the most exotic flora. The editor raises issues of gender imperialism and the Victorian attitude to science in the introduction.

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Details

• NCID: BB09707260
• ISBN:
  • 0813914701
• LCCN: 93012326
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Charlottesville
• Pages/Volumes: xl, viii, 374 p., [5] leaves of plates
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QK98.183.N67
  • DC20 : 581/.092
  • DC20 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : North, Marianne, 1830-1890
  • LCSH : Botanical artists -- England -- Biography
  • LCSH : Travelers -- England -- Biography
  • LCSH : Women travelers -- England -- Biography