立德夫人

艾丽西亚·比伊克(英语:Alicia Bewicke,1845年—1926年7月31日),号阿希巴尔德·立德夫人(Mrs. Archibald Little),中文习称立德夫人,英国旅游作家,1887-1906年来华,创立天足会宣导末妇女不再缠足闻名。亦以其清末四川的游记与照片闻名。1886年(41岁)与丈夫阿希巴尔德·立德结婚,丈夫是开拓四川航运的英国商人,立德夫人借机在四川三峡游历。著作有:《在中国的婚事》(1899)、《亲密接触中国》(1899)、《穿蓝色长袍的国度》(1901)、《北京指南》(1904),《李鸿章,他的生平和时代》、《北京我家花园的周围》(1905,清尚书贵庆宅)。对清末官场、科举、缠足、鸦片都有深刻描写。

Alicia Little
Mrs Archibald Little
出生1845
葡萄牙外岛马德拉
逝世1926年(80—81岁)7月31日
英格兰伦敦肯辛顿
国籍大英帝国

生平

生于葡萄牙外岛马德拉。其夫立德反而不及她闻名,列传一般单列立德夫人而不列立德,甚为少有。

著作

 
著作《亲密接触中国》(1899)展示清末缠足妇女六寸金莲[1]
  • Flirts and Flirts: or, A Season at Ryde (1868)
  • One Foot on Shore: A Novel (1869)
  • Love me for my Love (1869)
  • Last of the Jerninghames (1873)
  • Lonely Carlotta: "a crimson bud of a rose" (1874)
  • Onwards! But Whither?: A Life Study (1875)
  • Margery Travers (1878)
  • Miss Standish, and By the Bay of Naples (1883)
  • Mother Darling (1885)
  • A Marriage in China (1896)
  • My Diary in a Chinese Farm (1896)[2] Both of them travelled around China although Little had to dress as a male to avoid attracting attention which had on occasion resulted in items being thrown.[3]
  • Intimate China (1899)[1]
  • Li Hung-Chang: His Life and Times (1903)
  • Across Yunnan: A Journey of Surprises (1908) on behalf of her late husband

引用文献

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Archibald John Little; Alicia Little. Across Yunnan: A Journey of Surprises. Cambridge University Press. 31 October 2010. ISBN 978-1-108-01409-0. 
  2. ^ Charlotte Mathieson. Gender and Space in Rural Britain, 1840–1920. Routledge. 6 October 2015: 145–155. ISBN 978-1-317-31882-8. 
  3. ^ Sybil Oldfield, Little , Alicia Ellen Neve (1845–1926), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2007 , accessed 9 Nov 2016

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