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Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan published in 1943 by Indian Thought Publications. [1] The book was republished outside India in 1982 by Penguin Classics. [2] The book includes 32 stories, all set in the fictional town of Malgudi, [3] located in South India. Each of the stories portrays a facet of life in Malgudi. [4]
The novel was produced into Mithaivalla, part of the Hindi TV series, Malgudi Days, and was subsequently dubbed into English. The Vendor of Sweets tells about the relationship between a father and a son after the death of the mother. Jagan is the protagonist of this novel. Mali is the son of Jagan.
Malgudi was created, as mentioned in Malgudi Days, by Sir Fredrick Lawley, a fictional British Raj British officer in the 19th century by combining and developing a few villages. The character of Sir Fredrick Lawley may have been based on Arthur Lawley , the Governor of Madras in 1905. [ 1 ]
Swami and Friends is a 1935 novel by R. K. Narayan, marking his debut as an English-language novelist from India.It is the first book in a trilogy set in the fictional town of Malgudi during British India.
The English Teacher is a 1945 novel written by R. K. Narayan.It is a part of a series of novels and collections of short stories set in "Malgudi". The English Teacher was preceded by Swami and Friends (1935), The Bachelor of Arts (1937) and Malgudi Days, (1943) and followed by Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi.
Malgudi Days may refer to: Malgudi Days (short story collection) , a collection by R. K. Narayan Malgudi Days (TV series) , an Indian television series based Narayan's work
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The series is an adaptation of several collections of short stories and novels by R. K. Narayan, depicting life in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi.It draws from works such as Malgudi Days, A Horse and Two Goats and Other Stories, An Astrologer's Day and Other Short Stories, Swami and Friends, and The Vendor of Sweets, offering a portrayal of rural and small-town India through its ...