Another theme is the treatment of Indians by Britons living in India. One recurrent theme is the moral certainty of the older generation as contrasted with the anomie of the younger.
The Raj Quartet is set in this tumultuous background for the British soldiers and civilians stationed in India who have a duty to manage this part of the British Empire, known as the "jewel in the crown" of the British monarch. The year 1942 is also marked by Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi's call for the Quit India movement to the British rulers of India. Burma has fallen, and the Japanese invasion of the Indian subcontinent from the east appears imminent. World War II is at its zenith, and in South East Asia, the Allied forces have suffered great losses. The story of The Raj Quartet begins in 1942. The Times called it "one of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction." Plot The series was written during the period 1965–75. The Raj Quartet is a four-volume novel sequence, written by Paul Scott, about the concluding years of the British Raj in India.
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