Setting

Setting (Time and Place)

The Real Durwan by Jhumpa Lahiri: 

1950s, Calcutta

The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 

19^th Century (1883), 
Baker Street, Heart of London, England

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: 

18^th Century, rural town in England

Clues of storyline from setting

The Real Durwan by Jhumpa Lahiri: 

The description of the plight of an Indian lady sweeper and how she got there suggests that the story is going to be sort of a flashback, where the Indian lady would recall her journey in her life to what she is in current times. She may reminiscence her better days in the past.  

The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 

The casual conversation between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson suggests a fact paced tale of mystery, intrigue and adventure, more of a detective story.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: 

The conversation between a man and his wife describes a typical life in a Town in England in the Victorian era, where men were coaxed into marrying a family’s daughter because the family wants the daughter to be happy, or rather, the family to reap benefits and get some from the marriage. Women were also treated as commodities and had no opinion when they are match made to a man.