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100 1 _aSteel, Flora Annie Webster,
_d1847-1929
245 1 0 _aIn the Guardianship of God
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2012-05-25
505 0 _aIn the guardianship of God -- A bad-character suit -- Fire and ice -- The Shâhbâsh Wallah -- The most nailing bad shot in creation -- The reformer's wife -- The squaring of the gods -- The keeper of the pass -- The perfume of the rose -- Little Henry and his bearer -- The hall of audience -- In a fog -- Gold, frankincense and myrrh -- Surâbhi -- On the Old Salt Road -- The doll-maker -- The skeleton tree.
508 _aProduced by Charles Bowen. from page scans provided by Google Books (Harvard University)
520 _a"In the Guardianship of God" by Flora Annie Steel is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story appears to explore the themes of justice, morality, and the complexities of human nature against the backdrop of India’s colonial period. The opening introduces the life of prisoners in a large gaol and focuses on the characters of Shurruf Deen, the gaoler, and Shureef, a prisoner with a complicated past, highlighting the contrast between their lives and moral challenges. The beginning of the novel presents a tense atmosphere in an Indian prison as the doctor in charge makes his rounds amongst the newly arrived inmates. Observing the prisoners with a scientific interest, he is particularly intrigued by a man named Shureef, who has a significant sentence and a mysterious demeanor. Through a conversation between Shurruf, the gaoler, and Shureef, we uncover hints of their shared backgrounds and complex relationships, as Shureef appeals for acknowledgment of his story and the need for his family to remember him even after death. This sets the stage for a narrative that questions the nature of guilt, fate, and the impact of the past on the present. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aIndia -- Fiction
653 _aShort stories, English
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39795
999 _c80634
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