Project Gutenberg 2016-10-26 Public domain in the USA. 314 Perrin, Alice 1867 1934 Star of India Produced by MWS, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Star of India" by Alice Perrin is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around Stella Carrington, a spirited girl chafing against the confines of her stifling home environment and yearning for adventure and a life beyond the small village she inhabits. Struggling with her identity amidst familial expectations and societal norms, Stella grapples with her desires and aspirations while witnessing friends embark on their own paths, especially as she becomes infatuated with the grandeur of India. The opening of the book introduces the reader to Stella during a church service, where she reflects on the tedium of her life with her strict grandmother and aunts while noticing her former playmate Maud Verrall, who is transformed into an alluring young lady. Stella's frustrations boil over during lunch, revealing her longing for excitement and change. This discontent leads her to explore her family's storied past in India, instilling in her a desire for the adventure her relatives once experienced. As the narrative unfolds, we find Stella’s life facing a pivotal change with the arrival of Colonel Crayfield, her father's old friend, leading to the development of a plan that promises to take her away from The Chestnuts and into the rarefied adventures of India—an escape from her monotonous existence into a future filled with hope and uncertainty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Fiction British -- India -- Fiction Husband and wife -- Fiction PR Text Romantic Fiction Category: Novels 509338 2025-07-21T09:35:16.971830 text/html 495437 2024-10-23T01:18:20 text/html 294707 2025-07-21T09:35:22.937772 application/epub+zip 300691 2025-07-21T09:35:17.845853 application/epub+zip 284966 2025-07-21T09:35:17.397908 application/epub+zip 450522 2025-07-21T09:35:27.181822 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404601 2025-07-21T09:35:22.446799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389342 2022-09-24T08:39:30.777883 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 470826 2025-07-21T09:35:16.278864 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 451012 2024-10-23T01:18:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17918 2025-07-21T09:35:27.311776 application/rdf+xml 11682 2025-07-21T09:35:17.487845 image/jpeg 1840 2025-07-21T09:35:17.442833 image/jpeg 270267 2025-07-21T09:35:17.014908 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