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In a series of letters to her sister, the author describes her travels West.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and cool.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Isabella L. Bird
- First published
- 1879
- Pages
- 296
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's sons, J. Murray, Dover Publications
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9783829053907
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Isabella Lucy Bishop (née Bird; 15 October 1831 – 7 October 1904) was an English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist. Alongside fellow Englishwoman Fanny Jane Butler, she founded the John Bishop Memorial Hospital in Srinagar in modern-day Kashmir. She was also the first woman to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
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