Query: 1934 British novels not set in Europe
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Unfinished Portrait (novel)
A Man Lay Dead
Letters of an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman
A Handful of Dust
Mr Noon
Burmese Days
Voyage in the Dark
The Taking of the Gry
Holy Deadlock
Evidence from documents: Unfinished Portrait (novel): 1934 British novels: a semi-autobiographical novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Collins in March 1934 and in the US by Doubleday later in the same year.
not set in Europe: In the midst of divorce, bereft of the only people in her life she cares for, Celia considers taking her life. But, while on an exotic island,
A Man Lay Dead: 1934 British novels: a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the first novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1934.
not set in Europe: The plot concerns a murder committed during a detective game of murder at a weekend party in a country house. Although there is a side-plot focused on Russians, ancient weapons, and secret societies, the murder itself concerns a small group of guests at Sir Hubert Handesley's estate
Letters of an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman: '''''Letters of an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman''''' is a book of correspondence, in the form of letters, from Arvind Nehra, an Indian judge in colonial India. First published in 1934, this compilation of letters that were "unhindered by thoughts of public utterance".
A Handful of Dust: 1934 British novels: '''''A Handful of Dust''''' is a novel by the British writer Evelyn Waugh. First published in 1934, it is often grouped with the author's early, satirical comic novels for which he became famous in the pre-World War II years.
not set in Europe: The protagonist is Tony Last, a contented but shallow English country squire, who, having been betrayed by his wife and seen his illusions shattered one by one, joins an expedition to the Brazilian jungle, only to find himself trapped in a remote outpost as the prisoner of a maniac.
Mr Noon: The first part was published posthumously by Secker as a long short story in the 1934 volume ''A Modern Lover''.
Burmese Days: '''''Burmese Days''''' is the first novel by English writer George Orwell, published in 1934. Set in British Burma during the waning days of empire, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as part of British India, the novel serves as "a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj." At the centre of the novel is John Flory, "the lone and lacking individual trapped within a bigger system that is undermining the better side of human nature." The novel describes "both indigenous corruption and imperial bigotry" in a society where, "after all, natives were natives—interesting, no doubt, but finally...an inferior people".
Voyage in the Dark: '''''Voyage in the Dark''''' was written in 1934 by Jean Rhys. It tells of the semi-tragic descent of its young protagonist Anna Morgan, who is moved from her Caribbean home to England by an uncaring stepmother, after the death of her father.
The Taking of the Gry: a novel by John Masefield published in 1934, and set in the fictional Central or South American state of Santa Barbara, also the setting for ''ODTAA'', ''Sard Harker'', and part of ''The Midnight Folk''.
Holy Deadlock: '''''Holy Deadlock''''' is a 1934 satirical novel by the English author A. P. Herbert, which aimed to highlight the perceived inadequacies and absurdities of contemporary divorce law. The book took a particularly lenient view of the need for divorces, which it characterised as "a relief from misfortune, not a crime", and demonstrated how the current system created an environment which encouraged the participants to commit perjury and adultery. The book was a major element in the popular debate about the liberalisation of divorce law in the mid-1930s, and helped pave the way for the 1937 statutory reforms.