Star of India is a novel by Alice Perrin that transports readers to the enchanting backdrop of India during the British Raj. The story revolves around the life of its titular character, the Star of India, a beautiful and talented young woman who finds herself caught between the cultural richness of her homeland and the complexities of colonial influence.The narrative follows her journey as she navigates love, duty, and the expectations placed upon her by society. Throughout the novel, them...

India, hacia 1900. La luz de las lámparas dibuja charcos de oro, las voces del bazar se mezclan con risas y cantos lejanos; el aire, cargado de especias, acompaña la apertura de una puerta que ninguna mujer debería cruzar.Dos mujeres en un lugar de intercambio: una llega cuando la otra se va. Dos mujeres negocian con el destino, regatean el precio de lo decoroso, del lugar en silencio junto al marido como quien cruza una puerta prohibida.India del norte, h...

Desembarcaron en Bombay. Stella sintió las multitudes de colores del arco iris, el esplendor, los edificios blancos y brillantes, el calor especiado e intoxicante. Todo le resultaba fascinante, extrañamente familiar y, a la vez, tan novedoso.Stella Carrington es una joven inglesa atrapada entre los rígidos convencionalismos de la Inglaterra victoriana y su deseo de libertad; ella sueña con viajar a la India. Para ella, la India es mucho más que una tierra lejana: es un lug...

Summer-time at Under-edge compensated, in a measure, for the trials and severities of winter--for winter could be grim and cruel in the isolated little Cotswold village approached by roads that were almost perpendicular. Why such a spot should ever have been fixed upon for human habitation seemed difficult to comprehend, save that in old and dangerous days its very inaccessibility may have been its chief attraction; most of the villagers were descendants of gypsies, outlaws, and highwaymen...

The Woman in the Bazaar explores themes of love, duty, and the constraints of societal expectations against the backdrop of colonial India. It delves into the internal conflict of a young woman torn between her familial responsibilities and a deepening romantic relationship with a man recently returned from India. Leading a quiet, rural life, she is thrust into a world of transformation as her affection for the man grows. The story examines the complexities of balancing personal desires wi...

The rustic portion of the congregation shouted the familiar hymn with laborious goodwill, overpowering the more cultivated voices that rose from the chancel and the front pews—almost defeating the harsh notes wrung from the harmonium by the village schoolmistress, who also led the singing in a piercing key, supported raucously by her pupils gathered about the unmusical instrument. Even in the early 'nineties nothing so ambitious as an organ or a surpliced choir had as yet been attempted in...

The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Walter Besant.

First published in 1919, Star of India tells the story of a young woman yearning for a more exciting life. Feeling trapped by her uptight relatives and their rigid way of life, she marries an officer in the Indian Civil Service in order to escape the doldrums of daily life. Though she is indifferent to romance - and disenchanted with her husband - the allure of adventure in a foreign land, and the appearance of a dashing young Junior officer, force her to think deep about what she wants fr...

‘He was living once more in those far-away days that had begun with such happiness, only to end in such failure and pain […] and now a result had arisen, alive and awful and tragic—the woman in the bazaar!’On leave in England from his regimental duties in British India, Captain George Coventry falls in love with the vicar’s daughter, Rafella Forte. After a brief courtship they marry and move to India. Rafella is a devoted wife and George is glad to have her for a partner, ...

Stella Carrington, young and beautiful, feels that life is passing her by in the repressed Victorian household of her grandmother and spinster aunts. A casual flirtation shocks and horrifies the elderly ladies, and they summon Robert Crayfield, her godfather, who is an officer in the Indian Civil Service, to make suitable arrangements for her to be a missionary or governess. But, tantalized by her beauty and disregarding the difference in their ages, he offers to marry her instead, scandal...

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the sixth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 6 in the series spans the years 1854 to 1901 and includes stories from a wide range of female authors, from both sides of the Atlantic. Includes tales by Ellen Wood, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Margaret Oliphant. Readers new to this genre will discover its ple...

Thirteen Victorian and Edwardian ghost stories that send chills up the spine and create an atmosphere sure to make the reader turn on an extra light and push up the back of their armchair against the wall.Set amidst crumbling, ill-maintained churches and imposing cathedrals, on desolate coastland, moors and marshes, even along unlit roads extending into the new suburbs of London, the stories have been chosen for their quality of writing, imaginative range and diversity of character...