The 15-hour Granada television adaptation Jewel Eva Brann maintains that the "Raj novels areĪmong the greatest prose fictions of this and of the nineteenthĬentury" known for its "many fine realistic novels" (187). Subsequent novels, the historical situation and the people reflecting each other Love, and, at its basest, reappears in Merrick's attemptĪt an intimate domination of his prisoner [Hari Strained intercourse between Mayapore's British cantonment and Indian native quarter, and again inĭaphne 's and Hari 's impediment-ridden Thus the 'imperial embrace' of England and India recurs in the mirror the whole, so that the large picture descends intoĪll its detail, while each part repeats the whole on an ever-increasing
Evaīrann likens the structure of the Raj Quartet to the fractal, a conceptįrom mathematics and physics: "A fractal is a geometric pattern whose Scramble time and multiply perspectival accounts" (Brann 185). "has objective oversight" of various characters' "retellings that An unnamed narrator (variously referred to Realistic "places like Pankot and Mirat" and "really real places like New Delhi andīombay" (Brann 183, 185).
Taken together are "thick with connected peopleĪnd interwoven events," transpiring in different places-fictional but While each novel (arguably) stands alone, the four novels Mostly imaginary characters in mostly real places against the backdrop of actual The four novels of Paul Scott's Raj Quartet present Eva Braun for sharing her articles on the Raj Quartet. His corrections, suggestions, and recommended sources Īnd to Prof. Historical Fictionįor FURTHER STUDY: WWW Links & Print Sources
Of the 4 novels in the Raj Quartet & Staying OnĢ. To ensure that you see viewing the latest version in your internet browser,Ĭlick "Refresh " (Explorer) or "Reload" (Netscape) at the top Webtip: This and other ENG 103 webpages are being Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.
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