A Novel of the Last Sati (Suttee): Agnes Strickland’s “Candava” (1849) | Stephen Basdeo (ed.)

First published in Home Circle in 1849, Agnes Strickland’s Candava; or, The Last Suttee is a dramatic tale of sati, empire, Christian reform, and British intervention in India. This new edition restores the forgotten story with historical context, tracing changing British attitudes from Orientalist fascination to evangelical reform. Strickland’s melodrama culminates in the rescue of an unwilling…