An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah

Beth Ellis (1874 - 1913)

An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah, by Beth Ellis, is a well-edited, turn-of-the-century journal documenting a young woman’s visit to Burma. The account documents her ocean voyage to Rangoon, and her stay in a small, jungle-embedded, European community in Remyo. The author, who travelled to Asia alone to visit her brother, is quick to laugh at her own exaggerated fears. She gives us a glimpse into the less-than-glamorous lives to Myanmar’s British occupiers. The book was published in 1899, just thirteen years after the conclusion of the third Anglo-Burmese war, when Britain took formal control of Myanmar and made it a province of India. (Summary by Carol Fullerton-Samsel)

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Travel & Geography

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Introduction and I. The Voyage Carol Fullerton-Samsel
00:29:29
Play 02 II. Rangoon Carol Fullerton-Samsel
00:19:40
Play 03 III. The Road to Mandalay Carol Fullerton-Samsel
00:15:43
Play 04 IV. The Journey to the HIlls Carol Fullerton-Samsel
00:27:46
Play 05 V. The Up-country Station Carol Fullerton-Samsel
00:17:16
Play 06 VI. The European Inhabitants Carol Fullerton-Samsel
00:40:54
Play 07 VII. The Burmese Carol Fullerton-Samsel
00:27:16
Play 08 VIII. Entertaining Carol Fullerton-Samsel
00:10:28
Play 09 IX. Adventures Carol Fullerton-Samsel
00:15:16
Play 10 X. Beasts and Reptiles Carol Fullerton-Samsel
00:26:23
Play 11 XI. Sport Carol Fullerton-Samsel
00:20:39
Play 12 XII. The Return Carol Fullerton-Samsel
00:11:24