The Shadow Bride (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Roy A. K. Heath
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1930’s
- Setting: British Guiana
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Colonialism, Colonies or colonization, Suicide, Religion, 1930’s, Rape, Immigration or emigration, Guyana or Guyanese people, India or East Indian people, Health, Agriculture, Hindus or Hinduism, Malaria
- Locales: British Guiana
Characters Discussed
Betta Singh, a young medical doctor of East Indian descent. He has studied in England and come home to his native British Guiana with the intention of helping the many impoverished people there who suffer from tropical diseases and malnutrition. His scientific training has left him skeptical about religion, yet he yearns to find some higher meaning in life that would explain the misery he sees all around him. His idealism brings him into conflict with the selfish, materialistic people who dominate the economy.
Mrs. Singh, Betta’s wealthy widowed...
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