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_aBarker, Lady _q(Mary Anne), _d1831-1911 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aColonial memories |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2025-04-07 | ||
| 508 | _aMWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) | ||
| 520 | _a"Colonial Memories" by Lady Broome is a collection of personal recollections and travel sketches written in the early 20th century. The book centers around the author's experiences living in various British colonies, especially New Zealand, during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Through engaging anecdotes and reflective narratives, Lady Broome shares insights on colonial life, societal changes, and her own family’s adventures across the globe. The opening of "Colonial Memories" introduces Lady Broome’s nomadic childhood and the beginnings of her adult life, shaped by marriage, widowhood, and remarriage, which led her to extensive travels around the British Empire. She recounts early memories, including a gypsy’s prophecy of lifelong wanderings, her upbringing in Jamaica, and her experiences following her military husband to India and later marrying a New Zealand sheep farmer. The narrative soon shifts to vivid descriptions of colonial New Zealand, highlighting the daily challenges, domestic life, hardships of rural living, and the communal nature of colonial society. Lady Broome’s detailed, often humorous, observations convey both the difficulties and pleasures of adapting to new lands and cultures, providing a compelling glimpse into the realities and transformations of British colonial life at the turn of the century. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cLondon: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1904 |
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| 653 | _aCountry life -- New Zealand -- History | ||
| 653 | _aNew Zealand -- Biography | ||
| 653 | _aNew Zealand -- Social life and customs | ||
| 653 | _aBarker, Lady (Mary Anne), 1831-1911 | ||
| 653 | _aGovernors' spouses -- New Zealand -- Diaries | ||
| 653 | _aNew Zealand -- History -- 1876-1918 | ||
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