Project Gutenberg 2022-11-19 Public domain in the USA. 175 Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary) 1848 1920 Croker, Bithia Mary Croker, Mrs. John In Old Madras $aUnited Kingdom :$bHutchinson & Co.,$c1913. MWS, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "In Old Madras" by B. M. Croker is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in the tropical setting of Madras (now Chennai), focusing on Captain Geoffrey Mallender as he embarks on a quest to uncover the mystery of his uncle's thirty-year-old disappearance. The tale hints at intrigue, family secrets, and a clash between past and present, woven into the fabric of British India during a time of colonial complexity. The opening of the novel sets a vivid and atmospheric scene, where the oppressive heat of Madras contrasts with the bustling lives of its residents. Captain Mallender, a new arrival to the region, is introduced as a determined young man pacing anxiously in the offices of Brown and Brown & Co., waiting to discuss his uncle’s mysterious fate with the firm that managed his finances. As he reveals his intent to trace his long-lost uncle, the narrative delves into the initial resistance of the firm’s representatives, who harbor their own suspicions. Through Mallender’s encounter, the reader is drawn into a web of family intrigue, potential danger, and the alluring backdrop of colonial India, establishing a rich foundation for the events to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/inoldmadras00crok 20200521014601croker 1913 GB Reading ease score: 70.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Missing persons -- Fiction India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Fiction British -- India -- Fiction Madras (India) PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: British Literature 570987 2025-06-27T10:49:56.950380 text/html 556939 2024-10-19T02:01:53 text/html 420272 2025-06-27T10:50:03.344361 application/epub+zip 430072 2025-06-27T10:49:57.963454 application/epub+zip 315200 2025-06-27T10:49:57.442390 application/epub+zip 521970 2025-06-27T10:50:07.603380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 504337 2025-06-27T10:50:02.980345 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 550811 2025-06-27T10:49:55.911405 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 530881 2024-10-19T02:01:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16335 2025-06-27T10:50:07.736348 application/rdf+xml 5156 2025-06-27T10:49:57.654397 image/jpeg 1249 2025-06-27T10:49:57.546402 image/jpeg 377727 2025-06-27T10:49:56.997382 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