The L-Shaped Room insults her to the extent that Jane determines to have the child. She and Toby (Bell) start a romance, which is disrupted when he learns that she is pregnant by a previous suitor. They try to work things out, but he is also unhappy with his lack of income or success as a writer. Jane befriends the other residents and they help her when she goes into labour. Toby visits her in the hospital and gives her a copy of his new book, called "The L-Shaped Room". After leaving the hospital, Jane journeys home to her parents in France, saying
The Leopard (Reid novel) The Leopard (Reid novel) The Leopard is a novel by Jamaican writer, V. S. Reid. It portrays the hardships of the Kenyan people during the time of the Mau Mau Rebellion. Novels similar to "The Leopard", such as Caroline Elkins’s "Imperial Reckoning" (2005), as well as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o’s "Petals of Blood" (1977) also reflect events during the Mau Mau uprising. "The Leopard", however, distinct from any other novel of its kind, mainly focuses on the controversies of human nature with respect to the co-existence of violence and hatred between Africans and Europeans. Published in 1958, "The Leopard", Victor Reid’s