Cannabaceae

The Householder
First UK edition
AuthorRuth Prawer Jhabvala
Subjectbildungsroman
Genrefiction
PublisherJohn Murray (UK)
W.W. Norton (US)[1]
Publication date
1960
Publication placeIndia
Pages191
ISBN978-0393008517
OCLC369105
Preceded byEsmond in India (1958) 
Followed byGet Ready for Battle (1962) 

The Householder is a 1960 English-language novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.[2] It is about a young man named Prem who has recently moved from the first stage of his life, a student, to the second stage of his life, a householder. The book is a bildungsroman, which is a story where the protagonist develops mind and character as he passes from childhood through various experiences usually through a spiritual crisis into maturity.[3]

A film adaptation of The Householder was released in 1963, and Jhabvala started her career as a screenwriter by co-writing its screenplay with director James Ivory.[4] It was also Ivory's directorial debut (not including documentary shorts) as well as his first collaboration with producer Ismail Merchant.[5][6]

Characters

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  • Prem
  • Indu, Prem's Wife
  • Prem's mother
  • Mr. Khanna, the principal of the college where Prem works as a teacher
  • Mrs. Khanna
  • Mr. Chaddha, the history teacher
  • Mr. Sohan Lal, the math teacher
  • Raj, Prem's high school friend
  • Hans Loewe, Kitty, and Mohammed, white people living in India and their servant
  • Mr. Seigal, Prem's landlord

References

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  1. ^ The householder. (Book, 1960). OCLC 369105. Retrieved 24 January 2015 – via WorldCat.org.
  2. ^ M. Q. Khan; Bijay Kumar Das (1 January 2007). Studies in Postcolonial Literature. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 153. ISBN 978-81-269-0763-2.
  3. ^ Nagendra Kumar Singh (2005). Society and Self in the Novels of R.P. Jhabvala and Kamala Markandaya. Sarup & Sons. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-81-7625-615-5.
  4. ^ Indian Women Novelists in English. Sarup & Sons. 1 January 2005. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-81-7625-576-9.
  5. ^ The Householder at IMDb
  6. ^ The Householder overview at Merchant Ivory website

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