An edition of Lettres / Letters (1623) (1935)

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An edition of Lettres / Letters (1623) (1935)

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Bilingual French / English edition, with postface, notes, and editorial introduction. First translation in French.

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Editions Ismael
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Pages
71

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Number of pages : 72.
Bilingual edition, french / english.
Translation and Postface by S. Famaco.
First published in English in 1935 (Government Printing Office).
(© Éditions Ismael {non-profit digital publisher} ; January 2016).
These key documents of early american history, testifying to a time when Virginia was still a plantation, are finally available to the francophone reader. Their author was Richard Frethorne, an indentured youth of english origin, born in the outskirts of London, Saint Dunstan in the East. During the winter of 1622-1623 he was sent to Virginia, where he wrote four letters (three of them to his parents), collected and ultimately filed in the papers of Nathaniel Rich, shareholder of the Virginia Company. In them he describes hunger, disease and the frequent raids of the natives which were raging across the colony, ravaging servants, planters and company administrators. In his letters he expresses, vehemently and pressingly, his wish to be redeemed and returned to England.
Parallel to the translation, this edition contains the english text collated from the manuscript by Susan Myra Kingsbury, carefully respecting the sometimes queer orthography and syntax of the original. The reader will also find in this book : an editorial note, endnotes, and a postface. The latter succinctly recounts, through contemporary documents, the history of the deportations of english children to Virginia by the London Company, between 1618 and 1623, as well as the events related to the 1623 hunger.
(https://editions-ismael.com/en/#item:letters).
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Nombre de pages : 71.
Édition bilingue français / anglais (janvier 2016).
Traduction et postface de S. Famaco.
Publié pour la première fois en anglais en 1935 (Government Printing Office).
(© Éditions Ismael {éditeur de livres numériques, aux fins non lucratives} ; Janvier 2016).
Ces documents essentiels de l’histoire américaine, témoignant d'une époque où la Virginie était encore une colonie anglaise, sont pour la première fois donnés à lire au lecteur francophone. Le serviteur Richard Frethorne, enfant ou jeune homme d’origine anglaise, envoyé ou déporté en Virginie à l’hiver 1622-1623, écrivit quatre lettres (dont trois à ses parents), récupérées et archivées ensuite dans les papiers de Nathaniel Rich, actionnaire de la Virginia Company. Il y décrit la famine, la maladie ainsi que les fréquentes razzias des indigènes qui faisaient rage contre la colonie, tuant sans discriminer serviteurs, planteurs et administrateurs. Dans ces lettres il formule, avec hâte et ferveur, le souhait d'être affranchi et de retourner en Angleterre.
Cette édition, outre la traduction, comporte le texte anglais tel que collationné sur le manuscrit par Susan Myra Kingsbury, respectant au plus près la lettre, parfois hasardeuse dans son orthographe et sa syntaxe, de l'original. En outre, le lecteur trouvera dans cet ouvrage : une note éditoriale, des annotations, et une postface. Celle-ci relate succinctement, à travers les sources de l'époque, l'histoire des déportations d'enfants anglais en Virginie par la London Company entre 1618 et 1623, ainsi que les événements liés à la famine de 1623.
(https://editions-ismael.com/fr/#item:lettres).

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Translator
S. Famaco
Author
Frethorne Richard
Editor
Susans Myra Kingsbury

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The letters of the (parish) indentured-servant Richard Frethorne to his churchwarden, and his parents, written in winter 1622/1623 in Virginia.

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