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Description edit
The first volume in Paul Scott's historical tour-de-force opens in 1942 as the British fear both Japanese invasion and Indian demands for self-rule. In the Mayapore gardens, Daphne Manners, daughter of the provincial governor, leaves her Indian lover, who will soon be arrested for her alleged... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Hari Kumar: Add a description of this character.
- Dibrapur
- Ronald Merrick
- Li Li
- Mr. Govindas
- Mr. Chaudhuri
- Mayapore
- Shalini
- Daphne
- Reid
- Colin
- Lill
- Macgregor
- Duleep
- Lady Chatterjee
- Jack Poulson
- Mr. Srinivasan
- Sister Ludmila
- Clancy
- Mr. De Souza
- Mr. Gandhi
- Anna Klaus
- Lindsey
- Robin White
- Coomer
- Vidyasagar
- Harry
- Srinivasan
- Bibighar
- Henry
- Sharma
- Moti Lal
- Mrs. Gupta
- Barrett
- Romesh Chand
- Mr. Narayan
Setting & Locations edit
- India
- England
- Tanpur
- Chillianwallah Bagh
- Calcutta
- Gymkhana
- Bombay
- Banyaganj
- London
- Burma
- Lahore
- Rawalpindi
- Paris
- Delhi
- Amritsar
- Berkshires
- Germany
- Sidcot
- Garhwar
- Hindi
- Europe
- Marpuri
- Victoria
- France
- Kota
- Mandir Gate Bridge
- Muzzafirabad
- Tanipuram
- Britain
- Punjab
- Madras
- Lord Venkataswara
- Dunkirk
- Urdu
- Kashmir
First Sentence edit
Imagine, then, a flat landscape, dark for the moment, but even so conveying to a girl running in the still deeper shadow cast by the wall of the Bibighar gardens an idea of immensity, of distance, such as years before Miss Crane had been conscious of standing where a lane ended and cultivation began: a different landscape but also in the alluvial plain between the mountains of the north and the plateau of the south.
Table of Contents edit
Part One: Miss Crane
Part Two: The MacGregor House
Part Three: Sister Ludmila
Part Four: An Evening at the Club
Part Five: Young Kumar
Part Six: Civil and Military
Part Seven: The Bibighar Gardens
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 5 in The Raj Quartet. (standard series)
Followed by The Day of the Scorpion.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Paul Scott (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1966
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Publication Date: 1966
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- Dewey: 823.914
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