Maharani - Softcover

Bond, Ruskin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014343599X ISBN 13: 9780143435990

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE INDIA PVT.LTD., 2012

Synopsis

H.H. is the spoilt, selfish, beautiful widow of the Maharajah of Mastipur. She lives with her dogs and her caretaker, Hans, in an enormous old house in Mussorie, taking lovers and discarding them, drinking too much, and fending off her reckless sons who are waiting hungrily for their inheritance. The seasons come and go, hotels burns down, cinemas shut shop, and people leave the hill station never to return. But H.H. remains constant and indomitable. Observing her antics, often with disapproval, is her old friend Ruskin, who can never quite cut himself off from her. Melancholic, wry and full of charm, Maharani is a delightful novella about love, death and friendship.

About this title

About the Author:

Ruskin Bond is one of India s best-loved writers, who has written over 500 short stories, essays and novellas, and more than forty books for children. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2014

About this edition

• Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE INDIA PVT.LTD.
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 014343599X
• ISBN 13: 9780143435990
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190