Lucknow, India

This is the primary setting for the narrative. The house is located in Kantia, which is a city within Lucknow, India. "The city of Lucknow, the former capital of Awadh during the Mughal era [is] a site of continuous contention in colonial India since the eighteenth century," (Biswas).

Visions: “If You See Her Face You Die”: Orientalist Gothic and Colonialism in Bithia Croker’s Indian Ghost Stories.

Dilkousha

At the beginning of the story, Aggie and her family are placed in a bungalow at Dilkousha. This is where the narrator begins his/her life with Aggie.

Dakor, India

City in Gujarat, India.

"To Let", Croker ~ Map

Submitted by Maddie Baldwin on Thu, 12/04/2025 - 14:15

This is a map of all the key locations in Croker's narrative "To Let". These include locations that Aggie travels through on her journey to Briarwood, as well as locations mentioned as vacation spots for the Anglo-Indians. These provide readers with context for how the climate impacts and haunts the imperialists within the narrative.

Figure VII

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Figure VI

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Figure V

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Figure IV

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Figure III

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Figure II

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