Mrs. Hamilton gives Pom shelter and education, but with the goal of converting her to Christianity and molding her into a “proper” domestic servant. She is kind but condescending, unable to see Pom’s agency.
Pom begins as a village girl from a tribal community in the Sundarbans, orphaned after a flood. She is sold into servitude and then into a brothel in Calcutta. Her intelligence and resilience allow her to escape, first to a missionary school, then into the world of publishing. She eventually becomes a secretary for a British publisher and later a novelist herself. cast of the sleeping dictionary
: Henry's wife, who vigilantly monitors local customs to prevent romantic attachments between colonizers and locals. Blethyn earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role. Pom begins as a village girl from a