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| Author | Mazo de la Roche |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Jalna (or Whiteoaks) |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
Publication date | June 1927 |
| Publication place | Canada |
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| ISBN | 0-316-18000-9 |
Jalna is a 16-book series of novels by the Canadian writer Mazo de la Roche.
Jalna is the name of the fictional manor house in which the Whiteoak family lives. The name comes from Jalna, a city in west-central India, where there was a British garrison. In a prequel novel, the house is built by a retired officer of the British army who served in India. Jalna is partly based on Benares, a house in Mississauga, Canada. Benares was built in the late 1850s for a retired officer of the British army who had served in India, James B. Harris. It once occupied a larger estate, upon which de la Roche lived for a time. "Benares" is an alternate name of Varanasi, a city in India which had a British garrison.