The Jewel in the Crown is a 1966 novel by Paul Scott that begins his Raj Quartet. The four-volume novel sequence of the Quartet is set during the final days of the British Raj in India during the Seco
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A Passage to India
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A Passage to India is a 1924 novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 grea
The Jewel in the Crown (novel)
…refers to the fact that India was considered to be the most valuable possession of the British Empire. The plot has direct similarities to the novel A Passage to India by E.M. Forster published in 1924. Much of the novel is written in the form of interviews and reports of conversations and research from the point of…
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View of the Rajgir Hills, an inspiration for the fictional Marabar Hills.
Entrance to the Barabar Caves