Bombay Anna : The Real Story and Remarkable Adventures of the King and I Governess /

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If you thought you knew the story of Anna in The King and I, think again. As this riveting biography shows, the real life of Anna Leonowens was far more fascinating than the beloved story of the Victorian governess who went to work for the King of Siam. To write this definitive account, Susan Morgan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Morgan, Susan, 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Leonowens, Anna Hariette.
Leonowens, Anna Harriette.
Leonowens, Anna Harriette, > 1834-approximately 1915.
Leonowens, Anna Hariette > 1831-1915
Leonowens, Anna Harriette, > 1831-1915
Leonowens, Anna Harriette, > 1831-1915.
Kvinnliga författare > biografi.
Guvernanter > Thailand > biografi.
Women travelers.
Women journalists.
Women authors.
Racially mixed people.
Manners and customs.
Governesses.
British.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
HISTORY.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Voyageuses > Biographies.
Femmes journalistes > Biographies.
Écrivaines > Biographies.
Britanniques > Thaïlande > Biographies.
Gouvernantes > Thaïlande > Biographies.
Racially mixed people > India > Biography.
Women travelers > Biography.
Women journalists > Biography.
Women authors > Biography.
British > Thailand > Biography.
Governesses > Thailand > Biography.
Thailand > vardagsliv och traditioner > 1800-talet.
Thailand.
Quebec > Montreal.
Nova Scotia > Halifax.
India.
Halifax (N.S.) > Biography.
Montreal (Quebec) > Biography.
Thailand > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: a life of passing
  • Ancestors: a Methodist, a soldier, and a "Lady not entirely white"
  • A company childhood
  • Daughter of the Deccan
  • Love and Bombay, at last
  • Metamorphosis: "a life sublimated above the ordinary"
  • A teacher and a king
  • A job in a palace
  • "The noble and devoted women whom I learned to know, to esteem, and to love"
  • Settled in Bangkok
  • The paths to good-bye
  • An American writer
  • The Canadian grande dame
  • "Shall we dance?": Anna and U.S.-Thai relations.

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