5 1/8" X 8" " Exotic nature and the horrors of the slave trade - a candid portrait if eighteenth century colonial life." First published in French in 1773. 290 pps. As new throughout.

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Titre

Journey to Mauritius

�diteur

Interlink Books

Date de parution

2003

Langue

anglais

ISBN � 10 chiffres

1566564476

ISBN � 13 chiffres

9781566564472

Reliure

Trade Paperback

Illustrateur

Wilson, Jason

�dition

1st Edition Imprint.

�tat de l'article

As New

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Unusual book

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Paul et Virginie (1787), an adolescent love story set in an exotic Indian Ocean island, was one of the literary sensations of the age. Telling of a passion both chaste and doomed, the novel combined fashionable sentimentality with an evocatively tropical setting. It was a huge critical and commercial success in France and abroad, a precursor of the Romantic movement. The novel's author, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, had previously spent 28 months in the French colony of Ile de France (now Mauritius) in 1778-80. This extended exposure to the island not only inspired Paul et Virginie, but also led to one of the period's fullest and most fascinating accounts of a colonial society and its daily life. First published in 1773, Voyage a L'Isle de France is now available in this newly translated and annotated edition-Journey to Mauritius. Structured into a series of letters, Bernardin's survey of Mauritius includes a detailed description of the island's geography, flora and fauna. Describing the closed nature of colonial society, he also provides a chilling picture of the cruelties of plantation life and slavery. Mixing indignation with a keen appreciation of the island's beauty, Bernardin provides us with one of the earliest examples of a walking guide as he details Mauritius' sights and landscapes. From the disappearance of the dodo to the mosaic of multiracial Port Louis little escapes the author's curious gaze. His journal also includes detailed descriptions of Reunion and the Dutch-controlled Cape Colony, which he visited on his return to France. An introduction sets this travel account in its historical context, discussing Bernardin's life and ideas as well as the hostility the book provoked when first published. It also explores its contribution to travel writing and its relevance to modern-day Mauritius. Incorporating the story La Chaumiere Indienne (The Indian Shack) that Bernardin wanted too include in a never-published second edition and illustrated with period engravings, Journey to Mauritius will be of interest to those visiting the island as well as students of the anti-slavery movement, colonialism and travel writing.

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