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The Room on the Roof is a novel written by Ruskin Bond. It was Bond's first literary venture. Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen [2] and won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957.
A classic coming-of-age story which has held generations of readers spellbound! Rusty, a sixteen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy, is orphaned and has to live with his English guardian in the claustrophobic European part in Dehra Dun.
Jan 4, 2022 · In due course this little barsati in Dehradun was exchanged for a small attic-room in a London lodging house, and it was there, out of a longing for all that I’d left behind in India, that I turned my journal into a novel and called it The Room on the Roof.
Written by Bond as a 17-year-old, the story of The Room on the Roof is a semi-autobiographical work. It is a tale about an Anglo-Indian orphan boy named Rusty. He lives with his guardian Mr Harrison (a Missionary) and his wife in Dehradun.
“The Room on the Roof” is the coming-of-age story centered on a lonely, orphaned Anglo-Indian boy Rusty. At 17, he is living with his strict guardian on the outskirts of the town Dehra with the members of the British community.
Jan 12, 2023 · Rusty, a sixteen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy, is orphaned, and has to live with his English guardian in the claustrophobic European part of Dehra Dun. Unhappy with the strict ways of his guardian, Rusty runs away from home to live with his Indian friends.
Written by renowned author Ruskin Bond when he was just seventeen, it is the story of Rusty, a teenage Anglo-Indian boy who is orphaned and has to live with his English...
Oct 1, 2014 · The Room on the Roof. by. Ruskin Bond. Publication date. Oct 01, 2014. Publisher. Penguin/Puffin. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
Books. The Room on the Roof. Ruskin Bond. Penguin India, 2008 - Fiction - 173 pages. Rusty, A Sixteen-Year-Old Anglo-Indian Boy, Is Orphaned, And Has To Live With His English Guardian In The...
Jan 20, 2016 · THE ROOM ON THE ROOF: 60th Anniversary Edition. Ruskin Bond. Penguin UK, Jan 20, 2016 - Juvenile Fiction - 224 pages. A CLASSIC COMING-OF-AGE STORY WHICH HAS HELD GENERATIONS OF...
