Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941.
The home and the world / Rabindranath Tagore ; translated by Surendranath Tagore ; introduction by Anita Desai. - [New ed.] / preface by William Radice. - London : Penguin, 2005. - xxxii, 213 p. ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics .
This ed. of this translation originally published: 1985.
Includes bibliographical references.
Set on a Bengali noble estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip.
Translated from the Bengali.
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Bengal (India)--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Bengal (India)--Politics and government--Fiction.
Classics.
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The home and the world / Rabindranath Tagore ; translated by Surendranath Tagore ; introduction by Anita Desai. - [New ed.] / preface by William Radice. - London : Penguin, 2005. - xxxii, 213 p. ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics .
This ed. of this translation originally published: 1985.
Includes bibliographical references.
Set on a Bengali noble estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip.
Translated from the Bengali.
9780140449860 (pbk.) : �8.99
Bengal (India)--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Bengal (India)--Politics and government--Fiction.
Classics.
PK1723
891.4435