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An Englishwoman in California: The Letters of Catherine Hubback 1871-76
Zoë Klippert (Ed.)
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Description for An Englishwoman in California: The Letters of Catherine Hubback 1871-76
Hardcover. A niece of Jane Austen and a novelist herself, Catherine Hubback wrote regularly to her eldest son John and his wife Mary. Her letters offer an articulate, detailed commentary on life in California by a gentlewoman managing a household and finding her place in a new world Editor(s): Klippert, Zoe. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2AB; 3JH; BGL; BJ; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
A niece of Jane Austen and a novelist herself, Catherine Hubback was fifty-two years old when she left England for America. She travelled to California on the Transcontinental Railroad and settled in Oakland, on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay. Her son Edward shared her household and commuted by ferryboat to a wheat brokerage in the City. In letters to her eldest son John and his wife Mary in Liverpool, Catherine conveys her delight – and her exasperation – at her new environment. She portrays her neighbours with a novelist's wry wit and brings her English sensibility to ... Read more
A niece of Jane Austen and a novelist herself, Catherine Hubback was fifty-two years old when she left England for America. She travelled to California on the Transcontinental Railroad and settled in Oakland, on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay. Her son Edward shared her household and commuted by ferryboat to a wheat brokerage in the City. In letters to her eldest son John and his wife Mary in Liverpool, Catherine conveys her delight – and her exasperation – at her new environment. She portrays her neighbours with a novelist's wry wit and brings her English sensibility to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Bodleian Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851243440
SKU
V9781851243440
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Ref
99-50
About Zoë Klippert (Ed.)
Zoë Klippert is a freelance editor, born in Philadelphia. She lives east of Oakland, in Moraga, California.
Reviews for An Englishwoman in California: The Letters of Catherine Hubback 1871-76
"April 1874: '... on Friday we went across the bay, and then beyond the city, out to Saucelito, which is a wild and very pretty place, where very few people live; but a great many go over for the day to gather flowers, and eat their luncheons out of doors.'"