An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids Anthony Trollope 9781519380951 Books
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A whimsical short story--derived from the time when Trollope was asked to go and sort out the Egyptian routing of letters on behalf of the General Post Office.
An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids Anthony Trollope 9781519380951 Books
This entertaining short story of 31 pages in print or 431 locations on a Kindle tells the story of Miss Dawkins, who is travelling throught Egypt. She is the 'unprotected female' from the title because she is travelling on her own. She is not not alone most of the time, she joins other travellers. In this story she joins a British family, Mr. and Mrs. Damer and their three children, the Frenchman Mr. Delabordeau and the American Mr. Jefferson Ingram. As they travel along the reader starts to wonder whether the unprotected female needs protecting or whether her fellow travellers need to be protected from her.This story has some hilarious scenes that everyone who has ever travelled to exotic destinations will recognise: the haggling over prizes, the tips, the uncomfortable journeys and the fellow-travellers who really should have stayed at home, where they have all the comforts they so long for during this trip. This is an entertaining story that can be read well within an hour. I did enjoy reading it. The character of Mrs. Dawkins is interesting and, as I have already said, there are some really funny bits in it.
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of the most important writers of Great Brittain in the Victorian Age. This story was first published in Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper on the 6th of October 1860. This Kindle version is the 1864 Chapman & Hall "Tales of all Countries" edition.
As a sample I copy a few lines from location 45 below:
(About Miss Dawkins:)...she had no idea of being prevented from seeing anything
she wished to see because she had neither father, nor husband, nor
brother available for the purpose of escort. She was a human creature,
with arms and legs, she said; and she intended to use them. And this
was all very well; but nevertheless she had a strong inclination to use
the arms and legs of other people when she could make them serviceable.
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An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids Anthony Trollope 9781519380951 Books Reviews
Although published in 1864, Trollope's "Unprotected Female" is ahead of its time. The title humorously refers to a woman who is not married or accompanied by a male, and it mocks men who think women are much weaker than men, need protection, and special treatment, and are, in short, unable to function without the help of a male.
In this short story, Sabrina Dawkins, who is about thirty years old, happens to join a number of people who came to Egypt to see the pyramids. She is unmarried and has no male accompanying her, is smart and good looking. It is funny to read how the people she is with think she cannot do certain things because she is an unaccompanied woman. They think, for example, that she cannot climb, but she does it better than the males. They tell her that she cannot go to Sinai and Jerusalem unaccompanied.
This book also contains a biography of Trollope who was a friend of Dickens, who admired his many books and short stories. It tells how he was raised in a poor home, worked for the Post Office in England and Ireland, his joy in participating in fox hunting, a sport he includes in a couple of his books, and how his mother was also an accomplished author. He was considered the most prolific writer of his time. His most famous novel, a truly great book, is The Warden.
This is just a short story, with some good Trollopian characters and moments, but nothing special. He's so much better as a novelist.
Good window into the plight of independent women.
It had its moments, but how unsatisfying was the ending. Much too short. Trollope must have dashed it off while sitting under an umbrella at the seaside.
A short story about a group of Victorian tourists visiting the Pyramids. Miss Dawkins, the unprotected female, is very modern in her manner and outlook and we can see through her how Victorians might have reacted to modern people. It's almost like time travel.
This short story tells of a Cairo and Pyramids that no longer exist. The genteel Damers, the seemingly radical American, the relentless Arabs...the characters are quite comical. And at the center of it all--the single lady traveling by herself. Everyone knows someone like her, and we applaud her rejection! An enjoyable look at the past and an easy read.
This was a funny and enjoyable short story! I read the entire thing in 2 approximately 30-minute sittings.
If you've ever been in a group where everybody found one person annoying -- or --
If you've ever traveled to a 3rd world country and been accosted by a mob of locals indefatigably begging for money or demanding to be your unnecessary "tour guide" --
well then, you will probably find this quite humorous! I chuckled my way throughout.
I was cheering for the titled "heroine" as she kept up with the men and proclaimed there was no reason why she should be fatigued or couldn't go see whatever they could see. Of course it's a little sad that females used to be looked down for this, but that's history.
This entertaining short story of 31 pages in print or 431 locations on a tells the story of Miss Dawkins, who is travelling throught Egypt. She is the 'unprotected female' from the title because she is travelling on her own. She is not not alone most of the time, she joins other travellers. In this story she joins a British family, Mr. and Mrs. Damer and their three children, the Frenchman Mr. Delabordeau and the American Mr. Jefferson Ingram. As they travel along the reader starts to wonder whether the unprotected female needs protecting or whether her fellow travellers need to be protected from her.
This story has some hilarious scenes that everyone who has ever travelled to exotic destinations will recognise the haggling over prizes, the tips, the uncomfortable journeys and the fellow-travellers who really should have stayed at home, where they have all the comforts they so long for during this trip. This is an entertaining story that can be read well within an hour. I did enjoy reading it. The character of Mrs. Dawkins is interesting and, as I have already said, there are some really funny bits in it.
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of the most important writers of Great Brittain in the Victorian Age. This story was first published in Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper on the 6th of October 1860. This version is the 1864 Chapman & Hall "Tales of all Countries" edition.
As a sample I copy a few lines from location 45 below
(About Miss Dawkins)...she had no idea of being prevented from seeing anything
she wished to see because she had neither father, nor husband, nor
brother available for the purpose of escort. She was a human creature,
with arms and legs, she said; and she intended to use them. And this
was all very well; but nevertheless she had a strong inclination to use
the arms and legs of other people when she could make them serviceable.
[...]
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