Matthew Gregory Lewis

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Journal of a West India ProprietorPaperback, 1 November 2008

Journal of a West India Proprietor
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Print Length
416 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Cosimo Classics
Date Published
1 Nov 2008
ISBN-10
1605202878
ISBN-13
9781605202877

Description

English novelist MATTHEW GREGORY LEWIS (1775-1818) earned the nickname "Monk" Lewis after the success of his novel The Monk. But here, in this nonfiction work, he dramatizes, often in humorous and insightful fashion, his two year-long stays on the island of Jamaica, in 1815-6 and in 1817. Lewis died at sea the next year returning from the West Indies, which hardly seems surprising when one reads his descriptions of the dangerous Atlantic crossing, when wicked weather and dying livestock meant to serve as food threatened all aboard. But his joy in the beauty of his estates in Jamaica and his enjoyment of the people--both native and colonial--he encountered there is palpable. As a journal of plantation life during slavery, too, it serves as a potent firsthand document of significant historical import. Readers of fiction, history, and personal diaries will delight in this often overlooked work of early-19th-century literature.

Product Details

Author:
Matthew Gregory Lewis
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 November 2008
Dimensions:
21.59 x 13.97 x 2.36 cm
Genre:
Caribbean
ISBN-10:
1605202878
ISBN-13:
9781605202877
Language:
English
Pages:
416
Publisher:
Weight:
526.17 gm

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