Summary 8

History:
-Harry has stomach problems
-Harry says to Olivia, that the Nawab is insulting her by not presenting her to his mother
-Olivia asks Harry about the Nawab misdeeds
-Olivia and Douglas go to a British cemetry
-There Douglas reads the inscriptions of British soldiers who fell in the Indian Mutiny of 1857
-Olivia asks Douglas about the Nawab’s involvement in [...]

Summary 7

12 June:
-Karim complains about the bureaucratic obstacles that make it impossible to do business in India & about Kitty’s health problems
-Karim and Kitty have plans to market a line of boutique clothes made of Indian materials

Summary 6

History:
-On one occasion the Nawab asks Olivia to play the piano for him (she plays for him, but the piano produces unmusical sounds)
-In addition to that he shows her his collection of European playthings
-Douglas and Olivia begin talking of having children
-One evening Mrs Crawford and Mrs Minnies come to the Rivers house for an evening [...]

Summary 5

25 April:
-The narrator describes some of the people in the neighbourhood who suffer from illnesses and deformities
-The heat and dust get worse; the narrator loses her patience with Chid
30 April:
-The narrator talks to Inder Lal because she thinks a psychiatrist is necessary for his wife
2 may:
-Maji advises Inder Lal’s mother, Ritu and Chid to go [...]

Summary 4

History:
-Baba Firdaus’s shrine becomes a conflict
-Olivia senses the tension in her surroundings
-Mrs Crawford and Mrs Minnies want to appease Olivia
-Furthermore Olivia is upset by the negative views from Mrs Crawford and Mrs Minnies concerning the Nawab
-Harry tell about the events in Khatm
-Harry stays at the Rivers house for a few days, waiting for [...]

Summary 3

30 March:
-While the narrator walks with Inder Lal, she hears a sound coming from the Tombs
-It’s an English boy calles “chid”, who lies on the corner
-Inder Lal and the narrator take him back to her room
-Chid becomes a permanent house guest, the narrator thins he is a little bit crazy
15 April:
-The narrator and Indel Lal’s [...]

Summary 2

History:
-A widow is forced by her male relatives to burn herself
-Douglas angry because the British arrived too late to prevent the act, he arrested all the relatives
-The Nawab visits Olivia regulary
-The British officials have a dinner; the main topic of the conversation is the topic “suttee”
-Olivia is in disagreement with the British officials. In her [...]

Summary 1

8 March:
-The narrator describes her daily routine (cooking, working on her journal, for example)
-Sometimes she meets Inder Lal in the Evening
10 March:
-It’s really hot, that’s the reason why she moves her bed out into the courtyard and sleeps outdoors
-One night she was woken up by a scream
 20 March:
-The narrator & Inder Lal’s mother become [...]

What other stories or films can you think of, in which a woman is torn between two men or in which a married woman starts getting interested in another man?

I can think of a film in which a woman is torn between two men or in which a married woman starts getting interested in another man. The film I think of is “Titanic”.
-In 1912 Rose De Witt Bukater boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers (her mother and her fiancé Caledon Hockley)
-Rose is [...]