Project Gutenberg 2012-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 181 Rae, Janet Milne 1844 1933 Rae, Mrs. Milne A Bottle in the Smoke: A Tale of Anglo-Indian Life Produced by sp1nd, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Bottle in the Smoke: A Tale of Anglo-Indian Life" by Janet Milne Rae is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Hester Rayner, a young English lady who recently married and moved to Madras, India, where she navigates the complexities of her new life and the social dynamics of Anglo-Indian society. The book explores themes of identity, prejudice, and cultural intersections as Hester contemplates her place in this exotic yet challenging environment. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to Hester as she adjusts to her life in Madras, reflecting on her happiness and occasional feelings of being an outsider. She receives a letter from her brother informing her of the arrival of Mark Cheveril, a childhood friend, who is of mixed heritage. This news elicits mixed emotions from her husband, Alfred Rayner, who harbors prejudiced views towards individuals of Indian descent. The opening chapters set the stage for potential conflicts regarding class, race, and identity within the context of colonial society, with Hester caught between her admiration for Mark and her husband's biases. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40517/40517-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: British Literature 628190 2025-06-16T13:00:51.133704 text/html 630089 2012-08-16T15:56:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 356399 2025-06-16T13:00:58.297753 application/epub+zip 367613 2025-06-16T13:00:52.101703 application/epub+zip 316462 2025-06-16T13:00:51.646727 application/epub+zip 556833 2025-06-16T13:01:03.600677 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 520096 2025-06-16T13:00:57.862708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469132 2022-09-18T14:21:40.706429 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 609538 2023-09-17T14:44:43.716594 text/plain 15770 2025-06-16T13:01:03.989625 application/rdf+xml 23113 2025-06-16T13:00:51.741688 image/jpeg 2895 2025-06-16T13:00:51.693694 image/jpeg 345712 2025-06-16T13:00:51.227718 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia