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The Raj Quartet
The Raj Quartet is a four-volume novel sequence, written by Paul Scott, about the concluding years of the British Raj in India. The series was written during the period 1965–75. "The Times" called it "one of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction."
Plot.
The story of "The Raj Quartet" begins in 1942. World War II is at its zenith, and in South East Asia, the Allied forces have suffered great losses. Burma has
outsiders (Kumar, Lady and Daphne Manners, Sarah Layton).
Some critics have compared "The Raj Quartet" to the epic novels of Proust and Tolstoy. Though some critics have thought the "Quartet" to be a straightforward example of nineteenth-century style realism, others have argued that its non-linear narrative style and occasional "outburst of dreams, hallucinations and spiritual revelations" give it an added dimension.
The lead characters in the first novel, which sets the stage for the subsequent ones, are