Elephant Walkby Robert Standish | |
| Category: |
"Fiction - Historical" |
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| Pages: | 278 |
| Year of Publication: | 1949 |
| Date Added: | 02/25/2021 |
| Date Read: | 05/17/2025 |
| Notes: | George Carey inherited the Big Bungalow, the huge mansion in Ceylon built by his father, and the tea plantations that go with it. He goes back to England for his health where he meets and marries Ruth, anxious to get away from her boring life. She soon realizes that the Big Bungalow has a personality all its own, and to change anything is considered anathema by George and by the servants. George's foreman, Geoff Wilding, is an intellectual, artistic man, and he and Ruth are drawn to each other. When Geoff goes off to fight in WWI, he doesn't know Ruth is pregnant with his son. Ruth never tells either man who the father of the boy is, and George assumes its his heir. When Geoff comes home from war, she takes up with Geoff again for a while, but a servant, loyal to George, deals with the issue by procuring for Geoff a beautiful native girl. In time, Ruth decides to rebuild her marriage, and when she finds out about the girl, it's easy for her to forget about Geoff. She encourages George to build them a new house, and when an enraged bull elephant attacks the Big Bungalow and, by knocking over a lantern, burns it down, she's happy. |
| My Rating: | 5 |
Reviewed by Roger on 2025-05-17 18:01:48
