The Householder (novel)

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| name = The Householder
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| caption = First UK edition
| author = [[Ruth Prawer Jhabvala]]

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| subject = [[bildungsroman]]

| genre = fiction
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| publisher = [[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]] (UK)<br>[[W. W. Norton & Company|W.W. Norton]] (US)<ref>{{cite web | title = The householder. (Book, 1960)|work=WorldCat.org| url = http://www.worldcat.org/title/householder/oclc/369105 | accessdate = 2015-01-24 }}</ref>
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| pub_date = 1960
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| pages = 191
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| isbn = 978-0393008517
| oclc = 369105
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| preceded_by = Esmond in India (1958)
| followed_by = Get Ready for Battle (1962)

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'''''The Householder''''' is a 1960 English-language novel by [[Ruth Prawer Jhabvala]].<ref name="KhanDas2007">{{cite book|author1=M. Q. Khan|author2=Bijay Kumar Das|title=Studies in Postcolonial Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g4DlzlVusZsC&pg=PA153|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0763-2|pages=153}}</ref> 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 [[household]]er. 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.<ref name="Singh2005">{{cite book|author=Nagendra Kumar Singh|title=Society and Self in the Novels of R.P. Jhabvala and Kamala Markandaya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lE2BsDKEFCYC&pg=PA52|date=2005|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-615-5|pages=52–53}}</ref>

[[The Householder|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 (director)|James Ivory]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Women Novelists in English|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sz7RCY5d_sAC&pg=PA66|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-576-9|pages=66–}}</ref> It was also Ivory's directorial debut (not including documentary shorts) as well as his first collaboration with producer [[Ismail Merchant]].<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0057162|title=The Householder}}</ref><ref>[http://www.merchantivory.com/householder.html ''The Householder'' overview at Merchant Ivory website]</ref>

==Characters==
*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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[[Category:1960 British novels]]
[[Category:Indian bildungsromans]]
[[Category:Novels set in Delhi]]
[[Category:Indian novels adapted into films]]
[[Category:Postcolonial literature]]
[[Category:British novels adapted into films]]
[[Category:1960 Indian novels]]

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The Householder (novel)