The Jewel in the Crown is a 1966 novel by Paul Scott that begins his Paradise Quartet. The Quartet novel sequence in four volumes is set in the last days of British rule in India during World War II.
The novel follows the life of Emma Bovary, a young woman trapped in the monotony of provincial life and her own romantic illusions. Flaubert criticizes romantic ideals and social hypocrisy, showing the tragic consequences of Emma's escape from reality.
Zora, 1960.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Zane Grey's novel Fighting Caravans, published in 1929, is a classic work of Wild West literature. Set in 1856, it follows a caravan of settlers traveling from Independence, Missouri, to the West.
In his stories, the author intertwines real city toponyms and supernatural phenomena with motifs from Meyrink's mystical novels about Prague and magical realism of the Borges type.