Oxford Anthology of Raj Stories

Name: Oxford Anthology of Raj Stories
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ISBN: 9780195642797

ISBN-10: 0195642791

ISBN-13: 9780195642797

Edition: 1998

Authors: Saros Cowasjee

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This definitive anthology brings together literature written about the British Raj in India by authors such as Kipling, Orwell, and Woolf. The pieces provide a portrait of colonial India and impressions of the interaction between British rulers and their Indian subjects in a mix of ironic and entertaining stories.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/26/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Introduction	p. 1
Lal	p. 13
The Doll-Maker	p. 19
At the Great Durbar	p. 27
The Gift of Battle	p. 41
Surabhi	p. 51
Shub'rat	p. 59
Jack Straw's Castle	p. 77
A Mother in India	p. 81
The Head of the District	p. 115
At the End of the Passage	p. 135
Justice	p. 154
The Rise of Ram Din	p. 161
The Centipede	p. 168
The White Tiger	p. 174
Mary Jones	p. 181
Caulfield's Crime	p. 188
The Gods of the East	p. 196
The Honour of Daud Khan	p. 206
The Testimony of Bhagwan Singh	p. 217
In the Twilight	p. 238
Pearls and Swine	p. 251
A Tale Told by Moonlight	p. 266
A Hanging	p. 276
Shooting an Elephant	p. 281
A Game of Halma	p. 288
The Devil Has the Moon	p. 293
The Mud Horse	p. 301
The Box	p. 307
The Crook	p. 311
The Fearless Will Always Have It	p. 323
Whiteness Is All	p. 331
Biographical Notes	p. 338
Glossary	p. 342
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