num_pages: 374
description: Marianne North (1830-90), the Victorian amateur botanist and painter, travelled to distant countries of the world to paint exotic flora in their natural surroundings. This two-volume collection of her memoirs, edited by her sister and published in 1892, records North's remarkable travels. Laden with her palettes and easels, the independent North travelled alone and fended for herself. Her journals describe how she endured swarms of insects, scaled cliffs, trudged through wilderness and crossed swamps in order to reach the plants she wanted to paint. Volume 1 covers North's early upbringing and the origins of her enthusiasm for nature, and traces her travels through Canada and the United States, Jamaica, Brazil, Japan, Borneo, India and Sri Lanka.
language: English
title: Recollections of a Happy Life: Being the Autobiography of Marianne North
titlecomplete: Recollections of a Happy Life: Being the Autobiography of Marianne North
characters: Marianne North
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Univ of Virginia Pr