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Chowringhee is a novel by Bengali author Sankar. First published in Bengali in 1962, the novel became a bestseller and was translated into a number of Indian languages and made into a film and a play. [1] It is considered arguably Sankar's most popular book, [2] a classic novel in Bengali. [3]
Choritrohin (English: Debauched) is a 1917 novel by Bengali novelist Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.It tells a story of Sabitri, a beautiful (subjective) woman and widow, who has been thrown out from her husband's home by her in-laws driven to work as a maidservant in a youth hostel, where she falls in love with her master.
The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories is a 2004 book by Christopher Booker containing a Jung-influenced analysis of stories and their psychological meaning. Booker worked on the book for 34 years.
The book features a large number of female characters− most of them based on women Sarat Chandra had known personally. There is Annada Didi, brought up in a conservative middle-class family, who elopes with a snake charmer. [8] Although her husband is a scoundrel, Annada remains loyal to him, for which she is idolized by the young Srikanta.
Aranyak (Bengali: আরণ্যক, literally "forest-grown, of the forest" [1]) composed between 1937 and 1939 and published in 1939, is a Bengali-language novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, [2] [3] based on his years in northern Bihar, mainly in the districts of Purnea and Bhagalpur. The novel explores the journey of its protagonist ...
Starting in 2010, every year free books are distributed to students between Grade-1 to Grade-10 to eliminate illiteracy. [6] These books comprise most of the curricula of the majority of Bangladeshi schools. There are two versions of the curriculum. One is the Bengali language version and the other one is English language version.
Lalsalu is a novel by Syed Waliullah published in 1948 by Comrade publishers. [1] It is a classic of modern Bengali literature. [2] Waliullah was conferred Bangla Academy Award for this debut novel in 1961. [1] By 1981 the book's 10th edition was published.
Pather Panchali (Bengali: পথের পাঁচালী, Pôther Pãchali; transl. Song of the Little Road [1]) is a 1929 novel written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay and was later adapted into a 1955 film of the same name by Satyajit Ray.