Lilamani: A Study in PossibilitiesOxford University Press, 2004 - 363 頁 Maud Diver's Lilamani (1911) offers the reader what is perhaps the most detailed consideration of the issue of mixed marriage in Anglo-Indian (Raj) fiction. Lilamani recounts the marriage of Sir Nevil Sinclair and Lilamani, the daughter of the noble Rajput and Anglophile, Sir Lakshman Singh. In this marriage between two people "of good birth and lineage," who are carefully established as equals in all but race, Diver carefully brings together what she sees as the best of the two cultures. |
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... close at hand . Why ? ' The girl drew her delicate brows together . ' It does seem all wrong when you say it . But it's true - both ways . I wonder can I make you understand ? ' She leaned an elbow on the table ; and while she spoke ...
... close at hand . Why ? ' The girl drew her delicate brows together . ' It does seem all wrong when you say it . But it's true - both ways . I wonder can I make you understand ? ' She leaned an elbow on the table ; and while she spoke ...
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... close . ' Such a small thing ! ' she murmured , not ill - pleased at his concern . ' But now I am glad ; and perhaps a little more worthy for being Sita in your so beautiful pictures , that I long to see . ' ' Our pictures , ' he ...
... close . ' Such a small thing ! ' she murmured , not ill - pleased at his concern . ' But now I am glad ; and perhaps a little more worthy for being Sita in your so beautiful pictures , that I long to see . ' ' Our pictures , ' he ...
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... close against him , frightened , repelled . To her vivid fancy it seemed that they fared through some hideous fashion of Hell , through which lost souls in their hundreds surged aimlessly to and fro . ' Oh Nevil , is all this noise and ...
... close against him , frightened , repelled . To her vivid fancy it seemed that they fared through some hideous fashion of Hell , through which lost souls in their hundreds surged aimlessly to and fro . ' Oh Nevil , is all this noise and ...
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