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Letters from Egypt

Gelesen von Sibella Denton

(4,804 Sterne; 23 Bewertungen)

As a girl, Lady Duff-Gordon was noted both for her beauty and intelligence. As an author, she is most famous for this collection of letters from Egypt. Lady Duff-Gordon had tuberculosis, and went to Egypt for her health. This collection of her personal letters to her mother and her husband. By all accounts everyone loved her, and the letters are very personal in style and content. The letters are as much an introduction to her person as a record of her life on the Upper Nile. (13 hr 0 min)

Chapters

001 - Introduction

11:08

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002 - Memoir

32:32

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003 - November 11, 1862: Mrs. Austin

13:47

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004 - November 21, 1862: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

3:49

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005 - November 30, 1862: Mrs. Austin

17:23

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006 - December 20, 1862: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

4:35

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007 - February 11, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

9:43

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008 - March 7, 1863: Mrs. Austin

11:25

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009 - March 10, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

6:03

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010 - April 9, 1863: Mrs. Austin

3:18

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011 - April 13, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

6:51

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012 - April 18, 1863: Mr. Tom Taylor

6:55

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013 - May 12, 1863: Mrs. Austin

3:41

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014 - May 12, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

1:55

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015 - May 21, 1863: Mrs. Austin

14:12

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016 - May 25, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

4:21

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017 - October 19, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

4:58

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018 - October 26, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:09

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019 - October 31, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:31

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020 - November 14, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

7:48

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021 - November 21, 1863: Mrs. Austin

7:25

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022 - December 1, 1863: Mrs. Ross

2:42

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023 - December 2, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:12

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024 - December 17, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

8:30

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025 - December 27, 1863: Mrs. Austin

4:00

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026 - January 3, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

9:46

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027 - January 5, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

17:19

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028 - January 20, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

11:49

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029 - February 7, 1864: Mrs. Austin

10:55

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030 - February 8, 1864: Mrs. Ross

3:03

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031 - February 12, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

6:21

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032 - February 19, 1864: Mrs. Austin

3:22

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033 - February 26, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

7:03

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034 - March 1, 1864: Mrs. Austin

13:39

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035 - March 7, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

15:36

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036 - March 16, 1864: Mr. Tom Taylor

7:23

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037 - March 22, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

17:11

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038 - April 6, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

8:42

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039 - April 7, 1864: Mrs. Ross

2:37

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040 - April 14, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

22:21

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041 - May 15, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

9:00

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042 - May 23, 1864: Mrs. Austin

13:37

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043 - June 12, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

9:31

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044 - June 26, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

11:08

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045 - August 13, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

4:35

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046 - October 9, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

1:45

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047 - October 21, 1864: Mrs. Austin

5:45

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048 - December 23, 1864: Mrs. Austin

4:53

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049 - January 2, 1865: Mrs. Austin

16:46

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050 - January 8, 1865: Dowager Lady Duff Gordon

2:44

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051 - January 9, 1865: Mrs. Austin

7:44

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052 - February 7, 1865: Miss Austin

3:00

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053 - February 7, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:40

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054 - February 7, 1865: Mrs. Ross

2:48

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055 - March 13, 1865: Mrs. Austin

8:23

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056 - March 25, 1865: Mrs. Ross

2:24

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057 - March 30, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

10:16

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058 - April 3, 1865: Mrs. Austin

4:49

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059 - April 3, 1865: Mrs. Ross

3:55

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060 - April, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

7:42

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061 - April 29, 1865: Mrs. Austin

14:52

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062 - May, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

6:55

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063 - June 16, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

1:49

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064 - October 28, 1865: Mrs. Austin

2:38

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065 - November 2, 1865: Mrs. Austin

2:21

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066 - November 27, 1865: Mrs. Austin

3:13

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067 - December 5, 1865: Mrs. Austin

3:14

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068 - December 25, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

16:38

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069 - January 3, 1866: Maurice Duff Gordon

3:16

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070 - January 15, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:39

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071 - February 7, 1886: Mrs. Austin

12:09

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072 - February 15, 1866: Mrs. Austin

4:10

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073 - February 22, 1866: Mrs. Ross

1:54

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074 - February 22, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

1:57

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075 - March 6, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

1:50

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076 - March 17, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:17

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077 - March 31, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

5:35

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078 -April, 1866: Mrs. Ross

2:02

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079 - April, 1866: Mrs. Austin

4:28

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080 - May 10, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

5:43

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081 - June 22, 1866: Maurice Duff Gordon

1:39

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082 - July 10, 1866: Mrs. Austin

15:42

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083 - July 17, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

4:02

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084 - August 20, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

5:41

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085 - August 27, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

7:18

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086 - September 21, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

3:04

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087 - September 21, 1866: Mrs. Austin

4:58

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088 - October 15, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

6:46

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089 - October 19, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:46

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090 - October 25, 1866: Mrs. Austin

2:48

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091 - November 21, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

13:37

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092 - December 5, 1866: Mrs. Ross

2:40

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093 - December 31, 1886: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

8:03

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094 - January 12, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

3:05

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095 - January 14, 1867: Mrs. Austin

4:46

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096 - January 22, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

4:13

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097 - January 26, 1867: Mrs. Austin

6:40

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098 - February 3, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

5:43

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099 - March 6, 1867: Mrs. Austin

8:29

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100 - March 7, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

3:25

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101 - April 12, 1867: Mrs. Austin

5:39

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102 - April 19, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

5:34

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103 - May 15, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

8:41

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104 - May 23, 1867: Mrs. Austin

4:52

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105 - June 30, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

3:32

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106 - July 8, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

1:06

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107 - July 28, 1867: Mrs. Austin

5:49

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108 - July 28, 1867: Mrs. Austin

2:45

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109 - August 7, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:10

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110 - August 8, 1867: Mrs. Austin

2:05

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111 - September 7, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

3:12

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112 - October 17, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

7:11

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113 - October 21, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:13

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114 - November 3, 1867: Mrs. Ross

1:48

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115 - December 20, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:13

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116 - January, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:47

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117 - April, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:51

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118 - May, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:14

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119 - June 14, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

3:31

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120 - October 22, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

1:23

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121 - November 6, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

1:08

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122 - January 25, 1869: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

4:28

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123 - June 15, 1869: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

2:56

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124 - July 9, 1869: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon

1:17

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Bewertungen

An excellent, if melancholy book

(4 Sterne)

Asa series of letters, and perhaps a travelogue, the listener needs to go into the book knowing that it does not have a plot, like fiction. Instead it has development of the many characters who are met by the writer. It is not a spoiler to state that she dies slightly after the end of the book; this is mentioned in the prologue, and, since as non-fiction there cannot be a plot as such, instead the core arc of the book is the writer gradually coming to the realisation that her travel to Egypt to seek a cure for consumption is failing, and then has failed, and that she will die in a foreign land, but surrounded by friends. This adds an increasingly melancholy tone to the book, but the writer was careful to square away the financial and personal interests of her servants before she died, so these supporting characters have complete stories. So, and excellent book, on its own terms. If you can't handle the narrator slowly coming to accept her death, then perhaps a recording of a book by her friend, A. B. Edwards, called "A Thousand Miles up the Nile" might suit you better, as they are similar. This author, however, is far warmer to the locals, and gets to know them far better than other Westerners, as she depends on them more due to her illness, and because, being less wealthy, she treats them more like people and less like servants.

m.f.harraz

(5 Sterne)

Fascinating. What a treasure, and what a loss the author died before writing more of her letters. She took with her knowledge about how Egypt and Egyptians in the heart of Egypt really lived. I will attempt a translation to Arabic since every Egyptian should know about the letters she wrote.

brave woman

(5 Sterne)

An amazing account about the life of many culture along the Nile river in the 1860. Lucy Duff Gordon had an open mind and heart as well as intelligence and emotional strength. Her letters provide a rare intimate view into a distant culture

LETTERS FROM EGYPT

(4 Sterne)

Great reading, very informative and insightful look at eastern life and Muslim culture from the point of view of amid nineteenth century visitors. The author is an unusual woman for her time

Captivating

(5 Sterne)

Love it! The incite into the lives of the people is truly fascinating.