The India House

William Palmer

first published 2005 Not Avail, 2005 hardcover 249 pages

The locals call it 'The India house'. But they have little to do with the three women who live there: grandmother, mother and daughter. Upstairs, old Mrs Covington dreams of India and the days of the Raj. Her widowed daughter Evelyn watches obsessively over eighteen-year-old Julia. She has decided that the girl is to be kept in a state of 'innocence'. The tutor, Mr Henry, is allowed to teach only a bizarre mixture of...

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India House edition · 2006 · Penguin Random House · 256 pages · 9780099469612
The India House hardcover · 2005 · Ulverscroft Large Print · 344 pages · 9781843959274
The India House hardcover · 2005 · Not Avail · 249 pages · 9780224072977

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