Mrs Brown And King Cetewayo

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

A satirical play set in late 19th century England, Mrs. Brown and King Cetewayo tells the story of the visit of the titular Zulu king to Queen Victoria's court, including the cultural clashes that ensue. Originally published in 1882, this play provides a glimpse into the attitudes and prejudices of Victorian society. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...a peck of sut out on it. However was I to know as Old Sinful were a-settin' agin our palin's with a couple of friends, a-smokin' of their pipes under the shadder of his own water-butt, thro' the weather bein' that sultry as nearly smothered the lot, and I'm sure I should 'ave been that sorry if he'd only 'ave mentioned it like a man; but no, he was a reg'lar Rooshin spy, and took and sent a boy, as he give a penny to, for to fetch the injins, as come a-'oopin' and a-bowlin' down the street, as I could 'ear 'em in my back parlor, as I were doin' a bit of clear-starchin' in. I runs to the door as they knocked at, like life and death, with boys a-clamberin' over the front rails, and the plugs all up in the road, jest in time for to 'ave the large 'ose played slap in my face, as sent me flyin' backards on the door-step drenched to the skin, and the 'ouse all flooded to the back door, and 'ad to pay a sovrin for the injin into the bargain; and all thro1 a man as I've tried to be friends with, jest the same as the Rooshins, for I'm sure the fust words as ever we 'ad was thro' me a-'actin' naybourly the day arter he moved in, as was a-settin' with 'is family a-'avin' of their teas, with the back parlor winder open, as is jest over the dust'ole, as I see the led on was leanin' back on our palin's, as I knowed smelt very faint and unpleasant, as dust'oles will, partikler thro' the parties as 'ad went out, not 'avin' the dustman reg'lar, as there's no layin' 'old on, with lobster shells thrown in constant, as will bring blue bottles in swarms, as big as donkeys, for miles round, so I gets a close-prop and gives that dust'ole a wiolent shove, as I didn't mean so 'ard, but sent it down with a flop, as sounded werry 'oller, and 'eard some one shout...

"The first comprehensive account of the relation of collections of imperial beasts to narrative practices in England, The Novel and the Menagerie explores an array of imaginative responses to the empire as a dominant, shaping factor in English daily life. Kurt Koenigsberger argues that domestic English novels and collections of zoological exotica (especially zoos, circuses, traveling menageries, and colonial and imperial exhibitions) share important aesthetic strategies and cultural logics: novels about English daily life and displays featuring collections of exotic animals both strive to relate Englishness to a larger empire conceived as an integrated whole." "Koenigsberger's investigations range from readings of novels by authors such as Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, Salman Rushdie, and Angela Carter to analyses of ballads, handbills, broadsides, and memoirs of showmen. Attending closely to the collective English practices of imagining and delineating the empire as a whole, The Novel and the Menagerie works at the juncture of literary criticism, colonial discourse studies, and cultural analysis to historicize the notion of totality in the theory and practice of the English novel. In exploring the shapes of the novel in England and of the English institutions that collected exotic animals, it offers fresh readings of familiar literary texts and opens up new ways of understanding the character of imperial Englishness across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."--BOOK JACKET.