Emily Eden

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Emily Eden was a 19th-century English author and aristocrat known for her witty novels and letters depicting British high society and colonial life in India.

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Emily Eden canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English writer
aristocrat
letter writer
novelist
person
associatedWith British India
surface form: British Raj

Whig political circles
correspondenceFocus family life
political events
social observations
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
depicts British aristocracy
British colonial administration in India
Victorian social life
familyName Eden
gender female
genre letters
novel
satire
social commentary
givenName Emily
hasPartInBibliography collected letters
hasSubject domestic life of the English gentry
marriage and courtship in high society
travel in India
influencedBy Jane Austen
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryPeriod 19th century
Victorian era
movement 19th-century English literature
name Emily Eden self-link
notableFor accounts of colonial life in India
witty depictions of British high society
notableWork The Semi-Attached Couple
The Semi-Detached House
Up the Country
occupation correspondent
novelist
writer
placeOfActivity British India
London, England
surface form: London
relative Lord Auckland
surface form: George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland
sibling Lord Auckland
surface form: George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland
socialClass British upper class
workLocation England
India
writingStyle ironic
witty

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Eden Gardens namedAfter Emily Eden
Eden sisters hasPart Emily Eden
Emily Eden name Emily Eden self-link
Lord Auckland sibling Emily Eden