The Vow Of Silence (1920)

The Vow of Silence is a novel written by Alice Perrin and published in 1920. The story revolves around a young British woman named Sheila, who travels to India to marry her fianc�����, Captain Richard Ingram. However, upon arriving in India, Sheila discovers that Richard has been killed in battle. Devastated by the news, she decides to stay in India and becomes a nurse at a hospital for Indian soldiers. As Sheila begins to adapt to her new life, she meets a young Indian doctor named Raj Narayan, who is also grieving the loss of his fianc�����e. The two of them form a deep connection and fall in love, but Sheila is torn between her feelings for Raj and her loyalty to her fianc�����'s memory. As the novel progresses, Sheila is faced with a series of difficult choices that will determine the course of her life. She must decide whether to stay in India with Raj or return to England and fulfill her duty to her family. Along the way, she also grapples with issues of race, class, and colonialism, as she navigates the complex social and cultural dynamics of India under British rule. Overall, The Vow of Silence is a poignant and thought-provoking novel that explores themes of love, loss, and identity in the context of a changing world. Through Sheila's journey, readers are invited to contemplate the complexities of human relationships and the challenges of living in a multicultural society.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.