The Half-Caste: An Old Governess�������s Tale is a novel written by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik and originally published in 1897. The story is set in the mid-19th century and follows the life of a young woman named Lilla, who is the daughter of a white British man and a woman of mixed race. Lilla is raised by her father in England, but after he dies, she is sent to live with her mother's family in Jamaica.In...