Herfordshire (Pride and Prejudice location one)

In Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the Bennets live in the real live, then-rural,  county of Hertfordshire on their imaginary estate of Longbourn. Mr.Bingley's equally fictional Netherfield Park is also here. 

"Upon my word I say no more here than I might say in any house in the neighbourhood, except Netherfield. He is not at all liked in Hertfordshire. Every body is disgusted with his pride. You will not find him more favourably spoken of by any one.”

London, England "Seasons of Migration"

Mustafa is granted a government scholarship at the age of 15 to attend University in London. After graduating he spends his days lecturing economics at the University of London. Mustafa lives in London until he decided to return to Sudan and become a farmer. Much happens to Mustafa while living in London and he ends up getting himself into a bit of trouble. This is what prompts him to return to Sudan and live a simpler life.

Khartoum, Sudan "Seasons of Migration"

This is the birthplace of the main character of this novel Mustafa Sa’eed. Mustafa is not a local in the village and the narrator soon learns that he moved to the village 5 years before he returned. Mustafa has a very mysterious past but is well loved by the villagers. This book is centered around the narrator discovering Mustafa’s past.

This is also the place where the narrator begins working after returning to Sudan and spending some time in his village. The narrator begins a job here and starts a family but still travels back to visit Wad Hamid.

Wad Hamid, Sudan "Seasons of Migration"

Seasons of Migration begins with the narrator returning home to the village where he grew up after studying in Europe for 7 years. The narrator is happy to be home and the villagers are happy to have him back. After his first day back, he regains a sense of rootedness and belonging. “I hear a bird sing or a dog bark or the sound of an axe on wood—and I feel a sense of stability, I feel that I am important, that I am continuous and integral. No, I am not a stone thrown into the water, but seed sown in a field” (Salih 6).

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