The Flower of Forgiveness

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Flora Annie Steel (1847 - 1929) was an English writer, who lived in British India for 22 years. She was noted especially for books set there or otherwise connected with the sub-continent. Flora Annie Steel was interested in relating to all classes of Indian society. The birth of her daughter gave her a chance to interact with local women and learn their language. She encouraged the production of local handicrafts and collected folk-tales, a collection of which she published in 1894. Her interest in schools and the education of women gave her a special insight into native life and character. A year before leaving India, she coauthored and published The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook, giving detailed directions to European women on all aspects of household management in India. In 1889 the family moved back to Scotland and she continued her writing there. Some of her best work, according to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, is contained in two collections of short stories, From the Five Rivers and Tales of the Punjab. Her novel On the Face of the Waters (1896) describes incidents in the Indian Mutiny. She also wrote a popular history of India.

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The Flower of Forgiveness is a 1894 collection of short stories by Flora Annie Steel. Flora Annie Steel (1847 1929) was an English writer who notably lived in British India for 22 years and is best remembered for her books set or related to the sub-continent. Like most of her work, these tales are set in colonial India and offer a unique insight into what life was like at that time. The Flower of Forgiveness is highly recommended for those with an interest in India's history and will not disappoint those who have read and enjoyed other works by this author. Contents include: The Flower of Forgiveness , Harvest , For the Faith , The Bhut-Baby , Râmchunderji , Heera Nund , Ferozä, In the House of a Coppersmith , Faizullah , The Footstep of Death , Habitual Criminals , etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. Other works by this author include: Tales of the Punjab (1894) and The Potter's Thumb (1894). It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.