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Paul Scott


Born
in Southgate, London, The United Kingdom
March 25, 1920

Died
March 01, 1978

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Paul Scott was born in London in 1920. He served in the army from 1940 to 1946, mainly in India and Malaya. He is the author of thirteen distinguished novels including his famous The Raj Quartet. In 1977, Staying On won the Booker Prize. Paul Scott died in 1978.
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Average rating: 4.14 · 16,749 ratings · 1,263 reviews · 120 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Jewel in the Crown (The...

4.14 avg rating — 6,010 ratings — published 1966 — 34 editions
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Staying On (The Raj Quartet...

3.89 avg rating — 4,001 ratings — published 1977 — 45 editions
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The Day of the Scorpion (Th...

4.29 avg rating — 1,688 ratings — published 1968 — 56 editions
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The Towers of Silence (The ...

4.27 avg rating — 1,444 ratings — published 1971 — 6 editions
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A Division of the Spoils (T...

4.38 avg rating — 1,384 ratings — published 1975 — 49 editions
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The Raj Quartet

4.49 avg rating — 1,036 ratings — published 1976 — 49 editions
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The Raj Quartet 1: The Jewe...

4.39 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 1968 — 8 editions
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The Raj Quartet 2: The Towe...

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Six Days in Marapore

3.80 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1953 — 5 editions
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The Chinese Love Pavilion

3.36 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1960 — 31 editions
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The Jewel in the Crown The Day of the Scorpion The Towers of Silence A Division of the Spoils Staying On
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“English is not spare. But it is beautiful. It cannot be called truthful because its subtleties are infinite. It is the language of a people who have probably earned their reputation for perfidy and hypocrisy because their language itself is so flexible, so often light-headed with statements which appear to mean one thing one year and quite a different thing the next.”
Paul Scott, The Jewel in the Crown

“Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population.”
Paul Scott, The Jewel in the Crown

“There’s a difference between trying to stop an injustice and obstructing justice.”
Paul Scott, The Jewel in the Crown

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