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© Copyright 1998 by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

First paperback edition 2000

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The following stories originally appeared in The New Yorker: “Expiation,” “Farid and Farida,” “Husband and Son,” “A Summer by the Sea,” and “Parasites.” “A New Delhi Romance” also appeared in Tri-Quarterly, and “Independence” appeared in London Magazine.

Illustrations on page 2 and page 136 by C. S. H. Jhabvala

Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927–

East into Upper East: plain tales from New York and New Delhi / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

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Contents: Expiation—Farid and Farida—Independence—Development and progress—A New Delhi romance—Husband and Son—The temptress—A summer by the sea—Great expectations—Parasites—Fidelity—Bobby—Broken promises—Two muses. 1. New York (N.Y.)—Social life and customs—Fiction 2. New Delhi (India)—Social life and customs—Fiction. I. Title.

PR9499.3.J5E27 1998

823-dc21 98-34881

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