| A Year in Jamaica: Memoirs of a Girl in Arcadia in 1889 Contributor(s): Lewes, Diana (Author) |
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ISBN: 1906011834 ISBN-13: 9781906011833 Publisher: Eland OUR PRICE: $41.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Caribbean & West Indies |
| Dewey: 917.920 |
| LCCN: 2014397396 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.8" W x 8.6" (0.90 lbs) 218 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This complex memoir tells the story of two simultaneous journeys: Diana Lewes's 1889 trip from England to visit her family's sugar plantations in the Caribbean, and the internal rite of passage of a Victorian girl on her journey to adulthood. For it is in Jamaica that Miss Lewes tries to find a place for herself in the mysterious adult world, to understand its coded rules and hidden passions. Set primarily on a plantation called Arcadia, overlooking the sea and a distant Cuba from on high, Miss Lewes alternates between the acceptable pursuits of a Victorian gentlewoman, and trying to find a more meaningful role for herself in this man's world. With black and white plates. |