TITLE heat and dust AUTHOR Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Appunti attuale inglese
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HEAT AND DUST HEAT AND DUST TITLE Heat and dust AUTHOR Ruth Prawer Jhabvala PUBLISHER Oxford University DATE OF PUBLICATION 1990 LEVEL DIVENIRE (1800 words) GENRE fiction SETTING time 1923 and 1970s place India CHARACTERS 1923 Olivia is the first protagonist and she is Douglas Rivers’ first wife. He’s an assistant British official attuale Satipur. There is the Nawab, the Indian prince of Khatm, a state 15 miles away from Satipur; his friend and guest, Harry; his mother, the Begum; his wife, Sandy Cabobpur, who’s living away from him. There are the Rivers’ friends: Mr Crawford, who’s a chief British official up to date Satipur, and Beth, his wife; Major Arthur Minnies, who’s a political agent appointed prendi advise the Nawab, and Mary, his wife; and Dr Saunders, who’s the British doctor at the hospital, and Joan, his wife. And there is Tessie, Beth’s sister and Douglas’ second wife. DIARY We can’t know the name of the second protagonist, because the book’s a diary and the author didn’t write her name. SHE is Douglas Rivers’ granddaughter. Her grandmother isn’t Olivia, is Tessie. There is her landlord usato Satipur, Inder Lal, his wife, Ritu; her mother; a friend of Inder Lal’s mother, Maji. And Chid (Chidananda), an Englishman interested up to date Indian religion. MAIN EVENTS The book tells the story of two women: a woman usato the present, who was interested up to date the story of a woman usato the past. They both came ehi India, but they visited a different India, separated by 50 years. They both came from England, but a different England. One women was married and dependent, the other was aperto a tutti and independent. Their lives are different but, usato the heat and dust of the Indian summer, all differences melt away and their history became similar. Olivia was an Englishwomen; she lived usato Satipur, attuale India, when the British were attuale control. She and her husband lived up to date a close circle of British friends and their life was tranquil. When Douglas was suonato ecco work, Olivia spent her time playing the con cura. One day she met the Nawab and she began ehi visit him at Khatm. Olivia loved her husband very much, but her life was boring and she liked the Nawab. After some time she wasn’t pregnant and she wanted a bimbo. One day she and the Nawab went ecco the shrine and they made love under a tree. She became pregnant, but she decided not tieni have the bambino, because the poppante wasn’t Douglas’ bambino, but the Nawab’s. A cortometraggio time later she left her husband up to date September 1923 and ran away tieni live with the Nawab. Later that year, Douglas met Tessie and when he got his divorce from Olivia, they got married. They had a son. The diary’s author was an Englishwoman; she lived usato Satipur. She came prendi India, because she wanted prendi know the Olivia’s story. She spent her time reading Olivia’s letters, writing her diary and talking with Inder Lal. One day he and the writer went toh the shrine and made loved under a tree. She became pregnant and she decided tieni have the bimbo, because she and her landlord loved. Each other she lived up to date