The Diary of Sarah Clinch: A Spirited Soicalite in Victorian Nova Scotia

By Sarah Clinch

By 1853, Halifax had evolved from a garrison town into a thriving mercantile city, complete with the customs and conventions of Victorian sensibilities. It was in this genteel social milieu that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551093766
• ISBN13: 9781551093765
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A fascinating book!

This book is the unedited diary of socialite Sarah Apthorpe Cunningham Clinch. Everything she wrote is presented as-is, with no changes made by the editor (spelling errors and all!).Because of this, the reader gets an authentic sense of life in Canada (seen through the eyes of a "Yankee", no less) during the 19th century. Photographs, footnotes, and other similar extras unobtrusively add to the allure of this beautiful book. Coloured pages and illustrations abound.Wonderful to read slowly over a few weeks.