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*UMRAO
JAN, first edition, 1899*,
generously provided by the *Columbia
University Libraries* in cooperation with the *British
Library* |
Contents and notes |
*UMRAO
JAN GLOSSARY, 1970's*,
generously provided by Prof. Christopher Shackle; his *new
introduction* |
| The text sections given in this column correspond exactly to calligraphically-marked sections in the 1899 edition; these are not named or numbered in the text. | In this column I've given numbers and names to the 1899 text sections; the chapter breaks and numbers and page numbers used in the Glossary (shown in the right column) come from later editions | *introductory
notes*, pp. i-iii **outline**; this covers the whole novel and is very helpful; it extends from pp. iv to xix *a map of U.P.*, p. xx *a map of Lucknow*, p. xxi |
| *introduction*
(p. alif) *mushairah* (p. jiim) |
1: Introduction, and the mushairah: an annotated translation of the mushairah is available *on this site* | |
| *page siin* | 2: Umrao Jan is persuaded: she reluctantly agrees to tell her story | |
| *page 1* | 3: Umrao Jan's story begins: her family background, her happy life as a pampered child in Faizabad | |
| *page 5* | 4: A village childhood: all is well until her abduction by an enemy of her father's | |
| *page 11* | 5: Captivity: she is cruelly treated during the trip to Lucknow; Ram Dei | *Chapter 3* |
| *page 17* | 6: Khanam's house: in Lucknow, she is sold to Khanam and comforted by Bua Husaini; her musical training begins | |
| *page
22* |
7: In school: her artistic and intellectual education; Gauhar Mirza | |
| *page 36* | 8: Entering the profession: she is initiated into the life of a tava'if | |
| *page
71* [Bismillah Jan, Khurshid] [*page 84*, Faiz Ali] |
9: Bismillah Jan and Faiz Ali: and other important people in her life | |
| *page 115* | 10: The Begam from Lucknow: who is this mysterious lady? | |
| *page 128* | 11: The events of 1857: Umrao's life, like everyone's, is disrupted | |
| *page
132* [home again] [*page 138*, the legal case and its aftermath] [*page 153*, the story of Abidi] |
12: To Faizabad, then back to Lucknow: a long chapter full of adventures, including a trip to her childhood home, a painfully prolonged legal case, and memories of a "daughter" | *Part
2, Chapter 4* [home again] *Part 3, Chapter 1* [the legal case and its aftermath] *Part 3, Chapter 2* [the story of Abidi] |
| *page 158* | 13: The Begam from Lucknow, continued: the revelation is coming nearer | *Part 3, Chapter 3 |
| *page 161* | 14: Five gold pieces: Umrao remembers old times | |
| *page 163* | 15: Ram Dei: finally we hear her story | |
| *page
166* [the Navab Sahib] [*page 169*, Dilavar Khan] |
16: The Navab Sahib: Umrao keeps one secret, and reveals another | |
| *page 173* | 17: The manuscript: Mirza Rusva shows his work to Umrao and hears her comments | |
| *page 186* | 18: End of the novel | |
| *page 187* [Publisher's catalogue] | ||
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