The Visit of a Noble Lady: Elizabeth Craven and Her Account of the Crimea
Journal: Izvestia of the Ural federal university Series 2 Humanities and Arts
Year: 2018

This paper analyses a book by Elizabeth Craven, one of the most cited English tra­velogues of the late 18 th century. Today, this epistolary adventure story is considered almost a standard of women’s travelogue. The novel demonstrates the triumph of a charming and brave traveller in the land where barbarianism is mixed with civilization. This book brought resounding success, it was referred to and argued over by contemporaries, and so it is by modern researchers. The Crimea plays an important ro