Paul Scott
Birth date: March 25, 1920
Died: March 01, 1978
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I like this one best, so far. The focusing on Barbara allows for more a look at not just the Raj but also the class issues. There is some beautiful writing here as well. So many people you want to smack.
When I was in college, I saw the famous mini-series based on this series. I tried reading the first book, and for some reason, couldn't get into it. This year, suddenly, I felt an overwhelming desire to try again. I am glad I did. Scott's second volume adds more characters, including two young ...
India is The Jewel in the Crown. It signified the Crown's most precious dominion of the Victorian era - its control, forced conformity, "civilizing" and exploitation of India. Missionary Edwina Crane's semiallegorical picture titled "The Jewel in Her Crown" In 1942, the end of Em...
well, this book is intense.with the colonial backdrop,this book harbours a love story.this book is all about daphne and hari.although the protagonist arrives late in the story,the way in which story builds is fabulous.there are lots of character in this story and every one is described in detail....
“English is the language of a people who have probably earned their reputation for perfidy and hypocrisy because their language itself is so flexible, so often light-headed with with statements which appear to mean one thing one year and quite a different thing the next.” Whenever I run into someone...
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