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.
Dasha Peshkova is a disillusioned Soviet intelligence officer. And the only thing more appealing than this statuesque Russian beauty is vital information she's been passing on to the West.
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.
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Through the novel, Budak portrays the typical Lika mentality, the cruelty of nature and life, and the strong connection of people with tradition and religion.
The Old Man and the Sea is a novel by Ernest Hemingway, an American writer of the 20th century. Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel in 1953 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.