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100 _aShrivastava, Dhanpat Rai (Premachand)
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245 _aGaban
260 _aNew Delhi
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300 _a320p.
520 _a"About the Book Munshi Premchand penned phenomenal works during his lifetime. In Gaban, Premchand focused on highlighting Class and gender issues. Ramanath’s wife jaalpa’s fondness for trinkets makes her demand a ‘chandrahaar’ from her husband. Ramanath belongs to the middle class but in front of his wife, he displays himself as a wealthy man. In order to get the trinket jaalpa wants, he commits a theft. What will happen to ramanath? Will he be caught and imprisoned? Or will he manage to flee from the law? About the Author Born Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava on 31 July 1880 in Lamhi village near Varanasi, India, Munshi Premchand began his writing career in 1901. His first short novel, Asrar e Ma’abid (Secrets of God’s Abode), written in Urdu was published in a weekly between 8 October 1903 to February 1905. He wrote on a variety of topics including prostitution, poverty, dowry, child widowhood and feudal system, using his works as a vehicle for arousing public awareness. He was the first Hindi author whose works featured social realism. Premchand has penned down hundreds of short stories, more than a dozen novels, plays and several critical essays. His most celebrated works include Vardaan (1912), Seva Sadan (1918), Premashram (1922), Rangbhoomi (1925), Nirmala (1927), Pratigya (1927), Gaban (1931), Karmabhoomi (1932), Godaan (1936). Premchand breathed his last on 8 October 1936. One of the most influential writers of Indian literature, his works continue to remain popular and are translated in various foreign languages across the world."
650 _aMarriage
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650 _aAvarice
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650 _aEmbezzlement
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700 _aRajasvi, M.I. (Editor)
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