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Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, New York, New York, [1965] November 29 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
448960
Accession number
MA 23840.253
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, [1965] November 29
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 aerogramme (2 pages) ; 26.7 x 20.3 cm
Notes
Year from contents.
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. James Ivory + Ismail Merchant, 400 East 52nd St., (Apt. 12G), New York 22, N.Y., U.S.A., postmarked November 29, 1965.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Replying to Merchant and Ivory's replies [see MA 23840.202 and 203] to her letter of November 16 [see MA 23840.251]; appearing to not understand what she said to upset them; alternating between affection, contrition, and sarcasm as she discusses their recent correspondence; concluding, "You now owe me, both of you, two charming letters full of love & compliments & tender consideration for me, and full of bitterness & repentance & self-accusations against yourselves. Quickly!"