The Road To Mandalay

Bithia Mary Croker (c.1849 - 1920)

Sophy Leigh and Douglas Shafto come to Burma on the same ship in 1912. They come for different reasons. Through them, we learn about British India in the time between 1912 and 1914, just before WWI.
Academics view Bithia Mary Croker as one of the best authors who wrote about British India.
Note: This book is a product of its times. Therefore, some of the views which are expressed are different from today's. (Summary by Stav Nisser)

Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction, Travel Fiction, Romance

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter 1: Blinds Down Lynda Marie Neilson
00:20:00
Play 02 Chapter 2: What Hannah Said Audralle Gomez
00:15:02
Play 03 Chapter 3: The Closed House Lynda Marie Neilson
00:07:55
Play 04 Chapter 4: Kicks and Halfpence Mary Ann Hadley
00:30:50
Play 05 Chapter 5: Clouds SmilingJade
00:17:33
Play 06 Chapter 6: An Empty Offer SmilingJade
00:21:29
Play 07 Chapter 7: ''The Monster'' Lynda Marie Neilson
00:10:26
Play 08 Chapter 8: Bound for Burma abbysunb
00:13:37
Play 09 Chapter 9: The ''Blankshire'' abbysunb
00:15:18
Play 10 Chapter 10: The Land of Promise abbysunb
00:20:57
Play 11 Chapter 11: A Burmese Hostess abbysunb
00:22:41
Play 12 Chapter 12: East And West Mary Ann Hadley
00:10:44
Play 13 Chapter 13: ''Keep an Eye Upon Her'' Mary Ann Hadley
00:12:58
Play 14 Chapter 14: The Mantle of Fernanda Mary Ann Hadley
00:33:41
Play 15 Chapter 15: The Chummery Mary Ann Hadley
00:21:17
Play 16 Chapter 16: Mr. And Mrs. Abel Salter Lynda Marie Neilson
00:12:00
Play 17 Chapter 17: At the Play Mary Ann Hadley
00:25:39
Play 18 Chapter 18: The Chinese Shop Mary Ann Hadley
00:12:15
Play 19 Chapter 19: Chaff Mary Ann Hadley
00:10:29
Play 20 Chapter 20: The Pongye Mary Ann Hadley
00:15:42
Play 21 Chapter 21: The Cocaine Den Mary Ann Hadley
00:13:14
Play 22 Chapter 22: The Approaching Dread Mary Ann Hadley
00:14:28
Play 23 Chapter 23: Mystery and Suspicion Mary Ann Hadley
00:11:52
Play 24 Chapter 24: Sentence of Death Mary Ann Hadley
00:22:02
Play 25 Chapter 25: The Late Richard Roscoe Lynda Marie Neilson
00:06:14
Play 26 Chapter 26: Fitzgerald Imparts Information Lynda Marie Neilson
00:11:52
Play 27 Chapter 27: A Rope Trick Mary Ann Hadley
00:08:51
Play 28 Chapter 28: Ma Chit Lynda Marie Neilson
00:06:31
Play 29 Chapter 29: Mung Baw Mary Ann Hadley
00:14:56
Play 30 Chapter 30: Enlightenment Mary Ann Hadley
00:17:21
Play 31 Chapter 31: Seeing Is Believing Mary Ann Hadley
00:08:17
Play 32 Chapter 32: On Duty Mary Ann Hadley
00:15:48
Play 33 Chapter 33: Sophy Lynda Marie Neilson
00:20:02
Play 34 Chapter 34: All Is Over Lynda Marie Neilson
00:07:31
Play 35 Chapter 35: Mung Baw Lies Low Mary Ann Hadley
00:19:45
Play 36 Chapter 36: The Bombshell Mary Ann Hadley
00:24:28
Play 37 Chapter 37: The Tug of War Mary Ann Hadley
00:17:11
Play 38 Chapter 38: Sergeant-Major Ryan Lynda Marie Neilson
00:11:45