Project Gutenberg 2005-04-25 Public domain in the USA. 202 Diver, Maud 1867 1945 Diver, Katherine Helen Maud Marshall Marshall, Katherine Helen Maud Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Reading ease score: 74.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Beginners Projects and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Far to Seek" by Maud Diver is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the Sinclair family, primarily focusing on young Roy Sinclair, who is the son of Lilámani, an Indian woman of Rajput descent, and Sir Nevil Sinclair, an English baronet. The narrative explores themes of cultural identity, childhood adventure, and the dynamics of a mixed heritage during a time of social and political change, particularly in the context of British colonial India. The opening portion of the novel introduces Roy as an imaginative and spirited boy in a beautiful summer landscape, filled with a love for nature and stories. He and his companion Tara listen to tales from his mother, Lilámani, which weave their own cultural heritage into their learning experiences. As the idyllic summer day unfolds, they engage in play and dream of adventures, contrasting with the challenges Roy faces from the external world, particularly with the annual societal expectations and familial pressures tied to his mixed heritage. The budding friendship and experiences depicted in the opening set the tone for Roy's journey of self-discovery amidst love, bravery, and cultural complexities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 971211 971212 2024-10-07T06:55:59.113324 2023-09-07T08:16:54.658445 text/html text/html 1000946 2020-12-14T10:57:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 384747 2020-12-14T10:57:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 453997 2024-10-07T06:56:13.780188 application/epub+zip 471745 2024-10-07T06:56:01.823260 application/epub+zip 471744 2024-10-07T06:56:00.236275 application/epub+zip 786480 2024-10-07T06:56:22.908176 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 723926 2024-10-07T06:56:12.655213 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 709759 2022-09-07T23:16:13.167781 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 895474 895386 2024-10-07T06:55:56.015285 2023-09-07T08:16:51.932433 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 894771 2020-12-14T10:57:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 365128 2020-12-14T10:57:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 894767 2020-12-14T10:57:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 364919 2020-12-14T10:57:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21509 2024-10-07T06:56:23.056142 application/rdf+xml 9190 2024-10-07T06:56:00.828261 image/jpeg 2717 2024-10-07T06:56:00.531298 image/jpeg 439825 2024-10-07T06:55:59.201279 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia