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Lilamani: A Study in Possibilities

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Maud Diver's Lilamani offers the reader what is perhaps the most detailed consideration of the issue of mixed marriage in Anglo-Indian 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.

Language: English

Pages: 388

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: March 18, 2004

ISBN: 0195666224

ISBN 13: 9780195666229

Lilamani: A Study in Possibilities

3/5 ( ratings)

Maud Diver's Lilamani offers the reader what is perhaps the most detailed consideration of the issue of mixed marriage in Anglo-Indian 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.

Language: English

Pages: 388

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: March 18, 2004

ISBN: 0195666224

ISBN 13: 9780195666229

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