This book analyzes an autobiography written in the early 19th century. It will appeal to readers of many disciplines who are interested in understanding the interconnectedness of memory, textual narrative, and ideas of selfhood, within the context of 18th-century London and Imperial India.

James R. Farr is the Germaine Seelye Oesterle Professor of History at Purdue University. He has published widely in Early Modern European History, notably Artisans in Europe, 1300-1914, A Tale of Two Murders: Passion and Power in Seventeenth Century France, and The Work of France: Labor and Culture in the Early Modern Era, 1300-1800.

Introduction: A Crafted Life: Autobiography, Memory, and Identity in Late Georgian England and Imperial India Part I: A Life Remembered 1. "The Child is Father of the Man" 2. "Dissipation and Folly": The Young Libertine 3. Into the Empire: India and Jamaica 4. London Again, Then Back to India 5. A Professional Gentleman in Calcutta, and the Return to "Dear Old England" Part II: Identities Constructed 6. Gentility 7. Sensibility 8. Masculinity 9. Nationality. Epilogue