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.
He was too embarrassed to even think about the shame he would experience if he were caught voyeurizing. Voyeurs usually watch women undress... What he felt, what tormented him, was like a terrible thirst that he had to quench.
The novel Fallen Angels follows the life of Frances Fitzgerald, a young Irish woman who dreams of fame and success. After becoming pregnant at the age of 17, she leaves her family and goes to London, where she makes her mark as a nightclub singer...