Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer 1927-2013
Overview
| Works: | 309 works in 1,981 publications in 17 languages and 39,424 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Drama Film adaptations History Psychological fiction Historical films Coming-of-age films Romance films Historical fiction Melodrama |
| Roles: | Author, Author of screenplay, Scenarist, Adapter, Bibliographic antecedent, Conceptor, Performer, Other, Writer of accompanying material, Director, Interviewee, Originator, Contributor, Author of dialog |
| Classifications: | PR9499.3.J5, 823 |
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Most widely held works about
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- The films of Merchant Ivory by Robert Emmet Long( Book )
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala by Ralph J Crane( Book )
- The fiction of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala : the politics of passion by Laurie Sucher( Book )
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala by Vasant Anant Shahane( Book )
- Merchant-Ivory : interviews by Ismail Merchant( Book )
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala : a study of her fiction by Ramlal G Agarwal( Book )
- The novels of Kamala Markandaya and Ruth Jhabvala : a study in East-West encounter by Rekha Jha( Book )
- The fiction of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala by Haydn Moore Williams( Book )
- Passages to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala( Book )
- Cross-cultural interaction in Indian English fiction : an analysis of the novels of Ruth Jhabvala and Kamala Markandaya by Ramesh Chadha( Book )
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala in India : the Jewish connection by Ronald Shepherd( Book )
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala : fiction and film by Jayanti Bailur( Book )
- Some aspects of Indo-English fiction by R. M Varma( Book )
- Geography of Jhabvala's novels by O. P Saxena( Book )
- Ruth Jhabvala's India : image of India in the fiction of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala by Pankaj Bhan( Book )
- Silence, exile, and cunning : the fiction of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala by Yasmine Gooneratne( Book )
- Homeless by choice : Naipaul, Jhabvala, Rushdie & India by Sudha Rai( Book )
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala : a study in empathy and exile by Aruna Chakravarti( Book )
- Leer, dialogar, escribir cine : Ruth Prawe Jhabvala y la adaptación cinematográfica by Marta Frago Pérez( Book )
- Heat and dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Heat and dust by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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212 editions published between 1975 and 2016 in 15 languages and held by 2,834 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in India, HEAT AND DUST is the story of Olivia, a beautiful, spoiled, bored English colonial wife in the 1920s who is drawn inexorably into the spell of the Nawab, a minor Indian prince deeply involved in plots and intrigues. Olivia outrages the tiny, suffocating town where her husband is a civil servant by eloping with the captivating Nawab. It is also the story of Olivia's step-granddaughter who, fifty years later, is drawn to India by her fascination with the letters left behind by the now dead older woman, and by her obsession with solving the enigma of Olivia's scandal. A penetrating and compassionate love story, this brilliant novel immerses the reader in the heat, dust, and squalor of India, while providing a compelling mixture of the spiritual and the sensual
212 editions published between 1975 and 2016 in 15 languages and held by 2,834 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in India, HEAT AND DUST is the story of Olivia, a beautiful, spoiled, bored English colonial wife in the 1920s who is drawn inexorably into the spell of the Nawab, a minor Indian prince deeply involved in plots and intrigues. Olivia outrages the tiny, suffocating town where her husband is a civil servant by eloping with the captivating Nawab. It is also the story of Olivia's step-granddaughter who, fifty years later, is drawn to India by her fascination with the letters left behind by the now dead older woman, and by her obsession with solving the enigma of Olivia's scandal. A penetrating and compassionate love story, this brilliant novel immerses the reader in the heat, dust, and squalor of India, while providing a compelling mixture of the spiritual and the sensual
A Room with a View by
James Ivory(
Visual
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99 editions published between 1963 and 2015 in 7 languages and held by 2,401 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A charming, young English woman finds herself at war with the snobbery of her class and her own conflicting desires when she is attracted to someone socially unsuitable
99 editions published between 1963 and 2015 in 7 languages and held by 2,401 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A charming, young English woman finds herself at war with the snobbery of her class and her own conflicting desires when she is attracted to someone socially unsuitable
The Remains of the Day by
James Ivory(
Visual
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73 editions published between 1993 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 2,223 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of blind devotion and repressed love between a fanatically proper butler and a high-spirited, strong-minded young housekeeper employed by a British lord who is unwittingly a Nazi dupe
73 editions published between 1993 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 2,223 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of blind devotion and repressed love between a fanatically proper butler and a high-spirited, strong-minded young housekeeper employed by a British lord who is unwittingly a Nazi dupe
Howards End by
E. M Forster(
Visual
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64 editions published between 1991 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 2,145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in Edwardian society. Her moral strength is eventually able to resolve the tangle of opposites
64 editions published between 1991 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 2,145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in Edwardian society. Her moral strength is eventually able to resolve the tangle of opposites
Out of India : selected stories by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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41 editions published between 1986 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,512 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains fifteen short stories selected from four previous collections and all set in India
41 editions published between 1986 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,512 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains fifteen short stories selected from four previous collections and all set in India
Three continents by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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38 editions published between 1987 and 2016 in English and Spanish and held by 1,121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harriet and Michale belong to a sect called "the Fourth World Movement" and plan to hand over the family home to the Rawul and his sinister henchman Crishi, with whom they are both infatuated. Harriet and Crishi marry. Crishi spends their wedding night with the Rani - the Rawul's "wife"
38 editions published between 1987 and 2016 in English and Spanish and held by 1,121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harriet and Michale belong to a sect called "the Fourth World Movement" and plan to hand over the family home to the Rawul and his sinister henchman Crishi, with whom they are both infatuated. Harriet and Crishi marry. Crishi spends their wedding night with the Rani - the Rawul's "wife"
Shards of memory by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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25 editions published between 1995 and 1998 in 4 languages and held by 1,008 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The saga of an Indian family transplanted to Europe and America. It begins with the great-grandfather, a merchant who emigrated to New York and spent his life writing nostalgic poetry on India. A tale of East and West, the nuances of social conventions and the immigrant's sense of detached belonging
25 editions published between 1995 and 1998 in 4 languages and held by 1,008 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The saga of an Indian family transplanted to Europe and America. It begins with the great-grandfather, a merchant who emigrated to New York and spent his life writing nostalgic poetry on India. A tale of East and West, the nuances of social conventions and the immigrant's sense of detached belonging
The householder by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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54 editions published between 1960 and 2017 in English and Arabic and held by 1,006 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A humorous look at the life of a young teacher in India focuses on Prem's life both at school and at home
54 editions published between 1960 and 2017 in English and Arabic and held by 1,006 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A humorous look at the life of a young teacher in India focuses on Prem's life both at school and at home
Le divorce by
James Ivory(
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27 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 1,001 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Isabel Walker travels to Paris to visit her pregnant stepsister Roxy, by chance arriving on the same day that Roxy's husband Charles-Henri leaves the marriage, apparently for another woman. As Isabel stays to offer help and support, the two young women start living it up with the locals and American expatriates, and Isabel finds herself being wooed by an older French man- who happens to be related to Roxy's ex-husband
27 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 1,001 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Isabel Walker travels to Paris to visit her pregnant stepsister Roxy, by chance arriving on the same day that Roxy's husband Charles-Henri leaves the marriage, apparently for another woman. As Isabel stays to offer help and support, the two young women start living it up with the locals and American expatriates, and Isabel finds herself being wooed by an older French man- who happens to be related to Roxy's ex-husband
My nine lives : chapters of a possible past by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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22 editions published between 2004 and 2016 in English and Spanish and held by 987 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In this book, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala explores nine possible lives. While each is located in deeply familiar territory, whether England, India, or America, and often overlaid with that essential Central European family background, each life is born of startlingly different origins and each reveals a different destiny. Here are nine different answers to the central question: what would happen if I were granted an alternative life?"--Jacket
22 editions published between 2004 and 2016 in English and Spanish and held by 987 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In this book, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala explores nine possible lives. While each is located in deeply familiar territory, whether England, India, or America, and often overlaid with that essential Central European family background, each life is born of startlingly different origins and each reveals a different destiny. Here are nine different answers to the central question: what would happen if I were granted an alternative life?"--Jacket
In search of love and beauty by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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27 editions published between 1983 and 2016 in English and held by 962 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The interior lives of three generations on a quest for love and beauty are explored. Louise strives to reclaim her youth, her daughter Marietta searches for beauty in lofty ideas and in her obsession for her son Mark, who believes love is to be found in the pursuit of money and young lovers
27 editions published between 1983 and 2016 in English and held by 962 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The interior lives of three generations on a quest for love and beauty are explored. Louise strives to reclaim her youth, her daughter Marietta searches for beauty in lofty ideas and in her obsession for her son Mark, who believes love is to be found in the pursuit of money and young lovers
Poet and dancer by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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26 editions published between 1992 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 955 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of the pathological attachment between Angel, a quiet, introverted poet, and her cousin Lara, an erratic, attention-seeking dancer who pulls Angel into her downward spiral
26 editions published between 1992 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 955 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of the pathological attachment between Angel, a quiet, introverted poet, and her cousin Lara, an erratic, attention-seeking dancer who pulls Angel into her downward spiral
Travelers by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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14 editions published between 1973 and 2016 in English and held by 951 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Examines the unlikely convergence of four wanderers in India: Asha, an imperious Indian widow; Raymond, a curious Englishman; Lee, an American looking for her spiritual core; and Gopi, an impressionable young student. With a mixture of impassioned dialogue and subtle narrative, Jhabvala examines the psychological and cultural forces that wend their paths into inextricable knots of love and conflict.--fantasticfiction.co.uk
14 editions published between 1973 and 2016 in English and held by 951 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Examines the unlikely convergence of four wanderers in India: Asha, an imperious Indian widow; Raymond, a curious Englishman; Lee, an American looking for her spiritual core; and Gopi, an impressionable young student. With a mixture of impassioned dialogue and subtle narrative, Jhabvala examines the psychological and cultural forces that wend their paths into inextricable knots of love and conflict.--fantasticfiction.co.uk
East into Upper East : plain tales from New York and New Delhi by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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28 editions published between 1998 and 2016 in English and held by 900 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Stories featuring cosmopolitan Indians. In Independence, set in India, a high-class woman earns a living teaching social graces, in Two Muses, set in London, a girl observes her grandfather's marital infidelity, and in A Summer by the Sea, set in New York, a woman falls for the lover of her homosexual son-in-law
28 editions published between 1998 and 2016 in English and held by 900 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Stories featuring cosmopolitan Indians. In Independence, set in India, a high-class woman earns a living teaching social graces, in Two Muses, set in London, a girl observes her grandfather's marital infidelity, and in A Summer by the Sea, set in New York, a woman falls for the lover of her homosexual son-in-law
How I became a holy mother, and other stories by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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34 editions published between 1976 and 2008 in English and held by 897 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
34 editions published between 1976 and 2008 in English and held by 897 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A backward place by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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55 editions published between 1955 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 749 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Picture of life in contemporary Delhi as seen through the happy marriage of an English girl and an Indian actor
55 editions published between 1955 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 749 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Picture of life in contemporary Delhi as seen through the happy marriage of an English girl and an Indian actor
Esmond in India; a novel by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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46 editions published between 1958 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 732 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An Englishman living in India brings havoc to two aristocratic families after daughters of each family fall in love with him
46 editions published between 1958 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 732 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An Englishman living in India brings havoc to two aristocratic families after daughters of each family fall in love with him
The golden bowl by
James Ivory(
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21 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 729 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in the early 1900's, Maggie is the daughter of American tycoon Adam Verver, who marries an improvished yet charming Italian aristrocrat, Prince Amerigo. Though a twist of fate, Adam marries the Prince's former lover, Charlotte. Maggie's suspicions deepen to a possible affair between the Prince and Charlotte, when Maggie makes the ill-fated purchase of a golden bowl. It becomes only a matter of time before Maggie unravels the truth from a world full of deception and lies
21 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 729 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in the early 1900's, Maggie is the daughter of American tycoon Adam Verver, who marries an improvished yet charming Italian aristrocrat, Prince Amerigo. Though a twist of fate, Adam marries the Prince's former lover, Charlotte. Maggie's suspicions deepen to a possible affair between the Prince and Charlotte, when Maggie makes the ill-fated purchase of a golden bowl. It becomes only a matter of time before Maggie unravels the truth from a world full of deception and lies
Get ready for battle by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(
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41 editions published between 1962 and 1996 in English and French and held by 631 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The tangled family affairs of a New Delhi businessman, whose cause-hungry wife urges her son to "get ready for battle" and do something with his life
41 editions published between 1962 and 1996 in English and French and held by 631 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The tangled family affairs of a New Delhi businessman, whose cause-hungry wife urges her son to "get ready for battle" and do something with his life
Silence, exile, and cunning : the fiction of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala by
Yasmine Gooneratne(
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6 editions published between 1983 and 1991 in English and held by 189 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published between 1983 and 1991 in English and held by 189 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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- Ivory, James Performer Scenarist Restager Director Conceptor Author of screenplay Film editor Author Editor
- Merchant, Ismail Interviewee Production personnel Producer Conceptor Director
- Merchant Ivory Productions Producer
- Thompson, Emma Performer Actor
- Robbins, Richard 1940-2012 Musician Composer
- Pierce-Roberts, Tony Cinematographer Illustrator Videographer Photographer
- Bonham Carter, Helena 1966- Performer Actor
- Fox, James 1939- Performer Actor
- Hopkins, Anthony 1937- Interviewee Performer Actor
- Redgrave, Vanessa 1937- Performer Actor
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Alternative Names
Jhabavala, Ruth Prawer.
Jhabavala Ruth Prawer 1927-2013
Jhabawala, Ruth Prawer.
Jhabawala Ruth Prawer 1927-2013
Jhabvala, R. P. 1927-2013
Jhabvala, R. Prawer.
Jhabvala, R. Prawer 1927-
Jhabvala, R. Prawer 1927-2013
Jhabvala, R. Prawer (Ruth Prawer), 1927-
Jhabvala, R. Prawer (Ruth Prawer), 1927-2013
Jhabvala, Ruth 1927-2013
Jhabvala, Ruth P. 1927-2013
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer
Jhabwala, Ruth Prawer.
Jhabwala Ruth Prawer 1927-2013
Merchant, Ruth Prawer
Merchant, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013
Prawer-Jhabvala, Ruth
Prawer Jhabvala, Ruth 1927-
Prawer-Jhabvala, Ruth 1927-2013
Prawer, Ruth 1927-
Prawer, Ruth 1927-2013
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala britische Schriftstellerin und Drehbuchautorin
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala britisk manusforfattar
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala britisk manuskriptforfatter
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Brits scenarioschrijfster (1927-2013)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala brittisk manusförfattare
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala pisarka i scenarzystka
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala sceneggiatrice e scrittrice inglese
Правер Джабвала, Рут
ג׳בוואלה, רות פראוור 1927־
ג'בולה, רות פרור
פרור-ג'בולה, רות
פרור, רות
רות פראוור-ג'אבוולה
רות פראוור-ג'אבוולה סופרת בריטית
روث پراور جابوالا فیلمنامهنویس بریتانیایی
रुत् प्रवर् जब्वाला
रुथ प्रवर झाबवाला
ரூத் பிராவர் ஜாப்வாலா
റൂത്ത് പ്രവർ ജബാവാല
ジャブヴァーラ, ルース プローワー
プローワー ジャブヴァーラ, ルース
ルース・プラワー・ジャブヴァーラ
露絲·鮑爾·賈華拉
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English
(874)
Spanish (38)
French (20)
German (16)
Italian (13)
Multiple languages (8)
Chinese (3)
Romanian (3)
Dutch (3)
Danish (2)
Persian (2)
Polish (2)
Hebrew (2)
Portuguese (1)
Arabic (1)
Greek, Modern (1)
Finnish (1)
Spanish (38)
French (20)
German (16)
Italian (13)
Multiple languages (8)
Chinese (3)
Romanian (3)
Dutch (3)
Danish (2)
Persian (2)
Polish (2)
Hebrew (2)
Portuguese (1)
Arabic (1)
Greek, Modern (1)
Finnish (1)
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