1. Mehta, Ved. John is easy to Please, p.156.
2. Ibid.,p.148.
3. Verghese, C. Paul. Raja Rao, Mulk Raj, Narayan and others, Indian writing Today, III, No.1 (Jan.-March, 1969), p.31.
4. Williams, H.M. Indo-Anglian Literature 1800-1970 (Madras: Orient Longman, 1976), p.49.
5. Greene, Graham. Int. to The Financial Expert (Mysore: Indian Thought Publications, 1973), p.6.
6. Narayan, R.K. The Bachelor of Arts (Mysore: Indian Thought Publicaitons, 1977), p.123.
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7. Narayan, R.K. Swami and Friends (Mysore: Indian Thought Publications, 1977), p.3.
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8. Narayan, R.K. The English Teacher, pp.60-61.
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9. Kaul, A.N. R.K.Narayan and the East-West Theme, considerations, Meenakshi Mukherjee (New Delhi: allied Publishers, 1977),p.51.
10. Ibid, p.45.
11. Williams, H.M. Indo-Anglian Literature, 1800-1970, p.50.
12. Narayan, R.K. The Painter of Signs (Mysore: Indian Thought Publications. 1977),p.5.
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13. Narayan, R.K. The Dark Room (New Delhi: Orient Paperbacks, 1976), p.21.
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