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The Half-Caste (Paperback)
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The Half-Caste (Paperback)
Series: Broadview Editions
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Dinah Mulock Craik's The Half-Caste concerns the coming-of-age of
its title character, the mixed-race Zillah Le Poer, daughter of an
English merchant and an Indian princess. Sent back to England as a
young girl, Zillah has no knowledge that she is an heiress. She
lives with her uncle Le Poer, his wife, and two daughters, and is
treated as little more than a servant in the household. Zillah's
situation is gradually improved when Cassandra Pryor is employed as
a governess to the Le Poer daughters and takes an interest in the
mysterious ""cousin."" Craik explores issues of gender, race, and
empire in the Victorian period in this compact and gripping
novella. Along with a newly-annotated text, this Broadview edition
includes a critical introduction that discusses Craik's involvement
with contemporary racial and imperialist attitudes, her place
within the broader genre of Anglo-Indian fiction, and the
importance of Zillah Le Poer as a positive symbol of empire. The
edition is also enriched with relevant contemporary contextual
material, including Dinah Mulock Craik's writing on gender and
female employment, British views on the biracial Eurasian community
in India, and writings on the Victorian governess.
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