Publisher's Synopsis
In the Days of My Youth is a memoir written by Amelia B. Edwards, published posthumously in 1897. The book recounts the author's childhood and early adult years, providing a glimpse into the life of a privileged Victorian woman. Edwards was an accomplished writer, Egyptologist, and traveler, and her experiences in these areas are also detailed in the book. She describes her upbringing in a wealthy family, her education, and her early literary pursuits. The book also includes accounts of her travels throughout Europe and the Middle East, including her adventures in Egypt, which would later lead her to become one of the foremost experts on ancient Egyptian culture. The memoir provides a fascinating insight into the life of a woman in the 19th century, and the challenges she faced in pursuing her passions and achieving success in a male-dominated world.1873. Two Volumes in One. Edwards enjoyed three separate careers: as a journalist, a novelist, and an Egyptologist. She was also an active supporter of the suffrage movement, serving at one time as Vice President of the Society for Promoting Women's Suffrage. Amelia Edwards never married, but lived and traveled for much of her life with a female companion. Though she was a popular novelist, today you are most likely to come across her tales of travel. Her novel In the Days of My Youth begins: Sweet, secluded, shady Saxonholme! I doubt if our whole England contains another hamlet so quaint, so picturesquely irregular, so thoroughly national in all its rustic characteristics. It lies in a warm hollow environed by hills. Woods, parks, and young plantations clothe every height and slope for miles around, whilst here and there, peeping down through green vistas, or towering above undulating seas of summer foliage, stands many a fine old country mansion, turreted and gabled, and built of that warm red brick that seems to hold the light of the sunset long after it has faded from the rest of the landscape. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
