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{{Infobox book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --><br />
| name = Socialite Evenings<br />
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| translator = <br />
| image = SocialiteEvenings.jpg<!--prefer 1st edition--><br />
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| author = [[Shobha De]]<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[English language|English]]<br />
| series = <br />
| genre = [[Novel]]<br />
| publisher = [[Penguin Books]]<br />
| release_date = 1989<br />
| media_type = Print ([[Paperback]])<br />
| pages = <br />
| isbn = 0-14-012267-2<br />
| congress= MLCS 89/00052 (P)<br />
| oclc= 21599147<br />
| preceded_by = <br />
| followed_by = [[Starry Nights]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Socialite Evenings''''' is [[Shobha De]]'s first [[novel]]. It describes [[Mumbai]] high society and explores the lives of bored, rich housewives trapped in loveless marriages and engaging in ill-fated extramarital affairs, smug selfish husbands who use their wives more for social respectability than for love, fashionable parties, false spiritual leaders, and a portrait of the general moral, spiritual and intellectual bankruptcy and [[decadence]] of the elite who have traded their traditional culture for [[Westernization]] and [[materialism]].{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}<br />
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== Plot summary ==<br />
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Karuna, the main protagonist and narrator is caught up in a drab, boring life that she seeks to escape by writing [[memoir]]s. Her memoirs are successful and she achieves a measure of fame and pride in herself as she becomes an active [[socialite]] and eventually uses her newfound prominence as a celebrity to get herself a position as an advertising copywriter and creator of a television series.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}<br />
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== Literary significance & criticism ==<br />
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''Socialite Evenings'' was a critical disaster but a commercial success, likely due in part to its racy and controversial content, something that was unusual in India.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} It was criticized by traditional elements in Indian society. Although a novel, it closely parallels Shobha De's own rise to fame and appeared to be partially autobiographical.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}<br />
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== Release details ==<br />
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* 1989, India, Penguin, New Delhi {{ISBN|0-14-012267-2}}, Pub date ? ? 1989, paperback<br />
* 1995, India, Penguin, New Delhi ISBN ?, Pub date ? ? 1995, paperback (as part of ''The Shobha De Omnibus'')<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Novels by Shobhaa De]]<br />
[[Category:Novels set in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:1989 Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:1989 debut novels]]</div>imported>BrownHairedGirl