This eBook edition has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Burmese Days is set in 1920s imperial Burma, in the fictional district of Kyauktada, based on Kathar (formerly spelled Katha), a town where Orwell served. It is a thinly-veiled tale from the waning days of British colonialism when Burma was ruled from Delhi as a part of British India–a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj. As the story opens, U Po Kyin, a corrupt Burmese...
This eBook edition has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Burmese Days is set in 1920s imperial Burma, in the fictional district of Kyauktada, based on Kathar (formerly spelled Katha), a town where Orwell served. It is a thinly-veiled tale from the waning days of British colonialism when Burma was ruled from Delhi as a part of British India–a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj. As the story opens, U Po Kyin, a corrupt Burmese...
“By Berwen Banks” is an 1899 novel by Allen Raine. Set in Wales, the story revolves around the relationship between Caradoc Wynne and orphan Valmai Powell. “By Berwen Banks” is a charming Victorian romance story that captures the innocence of times long past and explores the struggle between language, gender, culture, and religion common in contemporary Welsh villages. Contents include: “Berwen Banks”, “The House on the Cliff”, “The Sassiwn”, “The Storm”, “Gwynne Ellis Arrives”, “Corwen and...
“By Berwen Banks” is an 1899 novel by Allen Raine. Set in Wales, the story revolves around the relationship between Caradoc Wynne and orphan Valmai Powell. “By Berwen Banks” is a charming Victorian romance story that captures the innocence of times long past and explores the struggle between language, gender, culture, and religion common in contemporary Welsh villages. Contents include: “Berwen Banks”, “The House on the Cliff”, “The Sassiwn”, “The Storm”, “Gwynne Ellis Arrives”, “Corwen and...
Can You Forgive Her? is a novel by Anthony Trollope. It is the first of six novels in the «Palliser» series. The novel follows three parallel stories of courtship and marriage and the decisions of three strong women: Alice Vavasor, her cousin Glencora Palliser, and her aunt Arabella Greenow. Early on, Alice asks the question «What should a woman do with her life?» This theme repeats itself in the dilemmas faced by the other women in the novel. Lady Glencora and her husband Plantagenet Palliser...
Can You Forgive Her? is a novel by Anthony Trollope. It is the first of six novels in the «Palliser» series. The novel follows three parallel stories of courtship and marriage and the decisions of three strong women: Alice Vavasor, her cousin Glencora Palliser, and her aunt Arabella Greenow. Early on, Alice asks the question «What should a woman do with her life?» This theme repeats itself in the dilemmas faced by the other women in the novel. Lady Glencora and her husband Plantagenet Palliser...
Can You Forgive Her? is a novel by Anthony Trollope. It is the first of six novels in the «Palliser» series. The novel follows three parallel stories of courtship and marriage and the decisions of three strong women: Alice Vavasor, her cousin Glencora Palliser, and her aunt Arabella Greenow. Early on, Alice asks the question «What should a woman do with her life?» This theme repeats itself in the dilemmas faced by the other women in the novel. Lady Glencora and her husband Plantagenet Palliser...
Can You Forgive Her? is a novel by Anthony Trollope. It is the first of six novels in the «Palliser» series. The novel follows three parallel stories of courtship and marriage and the decisions of three strong women: Alice Vavasor, her cousin Glencora Palliser, and her aunt Arabella Greenow. Early on, Alice asks the question «What should a woman do with her life?» This theme repeats itself in the dilemmas faced by the other women in the novel. Lady Glencora and her husband Plantagenet Palliser...