Full of complex characters and rich in atmosphere and symbolism, this is a novel that works on many different levels. But to reduce it to any of these elements is to miss its irony, poignancy, and beauty. Paul Scott's The Jewel in the Crown is part historical novel, part mystery, part love story, part allegory. Through this rape, we are introduced to a cast of characters engulfed and subsequently carried away by the storm of events. On a dark monsoonal night in the town of Mayapore, amid an outbreak of anti-British rioting, a gang of Indian men rape a young British woman. In Southeast Asia, the Japanese have driven the British army out of Burma and are threatening India, where Britain's beleaguered forces find themselves facing an increasingly hostile Indian populace tired of decades of unfulfilled promises of freedom. World War II is reaching its apex, with the conflict consuming almost all of Asia and Europe. She also got what she deserved."Īugust 1942. Whatever he got while in the hands of the police he deserved.
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