When We Were Strolling Players in the East (Illustrated Edition)

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ISBN: 9781406887488

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O knihe

Louise Jordan Miln (1864-1933) was an American stage actress and writer, born in Macomb, Illinois who moved to Chicago with her parents aged five. She had a close bond with her father and as a child travelled with him in the US and abroad. At 18 she took up acting and began an affair with married English actor George Crichton Miln. A sensational divorce case ensued in 1888, by which time Louise already had the first of her many children with Miln. The couple soon married and travelled to Australia where George tried to find acting work whilst Louise was tied-down by her fast-growing family. They later acquired some income from her father's estate and travelled to the Far East, performing plays and experiencing different cultures. Published in 1894, her first book, this work gives an account of those travels and was closely followed by Quaint Korea (1895). In 1896 the Milns moved to London and bought a monthly magazine which George edited. Louise wrote many articles for periodicals and two further non-fiction books but her literary career took off a few years after her husnband's death in 1917 when she turned to novel writing. Mostly romances set in China, her books were widely praised especially for their appreciation of the Orient and insight into the Chinese mind.