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Svarnalata. Scenes from Hindu Village Life in Bengal

1914

Beginning with Sarala they went on to criticise the character of every young woman in the village and the conclusion they came to was that in the present ag—e there was not a single girl of good character with the exception of course of Pramada. [...] When therefore he heard her talk in that fashion he could not but be angry and said " You often talk of leaving my house ; why don't you do so ? " " Why do you mean to say " she said " that my father is not able to support me ? " Pramada insinuated that her father was not unable to provide for her although the fact was that he was extremely poor. [...] He certainly wished to tell her he was very sorry and sit down by her side and try to comfort her but as he felt that would only be adding fuel to the flame of her grief he left the room in the hope that she would be herself again when left alone for an hour or so. [...] Was she not all submission to her sister-in-law ? Was it not her constant endeavour to please her in every possible way she could ? Did she not work continually without ever looking to her own comfort ? Did she not know thatt it was her interest to keep in with her ?2 She had always taken care so to conduct herself as to give her cruel and malicious sister-in-law no reason whatever"28 SVARNALATA [...] and went off again saying to her only I am not going to wait for supper I am going to the jaltm." On his return however Bidhu was painfully surprised to hear that the players had proposed to put off the play till the next night because one of the most important hands among them the one who played on the dhole had been attacked with cholera.
literature fiction
Pages
287
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142274
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-vi T.N. Ganguli view
Chapter I. Introductory
1-2 unknown view
Chapter II. Travelling Pedlar
3-8 unknown view
Chapter III. Gopal and His Mother
9-11 unknown view
Chapter IV. The Golden Ornament
12-21 unknown view
Chapter V. Sarala’ Disquietude
22-24 unknown view
Chapter VI. Sranny Digambari
25-30 unknown view
Chapter VII. Separation of the Brothers
31-38 unknown view
Chapter VIII. Fortune’s Frowns
39-51 unknown view
Chapter IX. Bidhubhushan Makes an Acquaintance
52-58 unknown view
Chapter X. First Night from Home
59-65 unknown view
Chapter XI. Hem and His Sister Svarnalata
66-68 unknown view
Chapter XII. Pramada and Her Mother
69-77 unknown view
Chapter XIII. Sarala Misses Her Husband
78-85 unknown view
Chapter XIV. Saisbhushan and His Mister’s Accounts
86-88 unknown view
Chapter XV. Sashibhushan and His Paternal Home
89-90 unknown view
Chapter XVI. Nilkamal Tells a Story to Show That All Things Happen by Fate
91-95 unknown view
Chapter XVII. “Calcutta is Such a Dirty Place”
96-100 unknown view
Chapter XVIII. Separation of Bidhu and Nilkamal
101-108 unknown view
Chapter XIX. Bipradas’s Will
109-111 unknown view
Chapter XX. Gadadhar and Shyam
112-117 unknown view
Chapter XXI. Gopal Finds a New Motehr
118-123 unknown view
Chapter XXII. Nilkamal at a Jattra
124-128 unknown view
Chapter XXIII. Bidhubhusha Joins a Company of Players
129-133 unknown view
Chapter XXIV. Reunion of Bidhubhushan and Nilkamal
134-140 unknown view
Chapter XXV. “What Has Shyam Done?”
141-145 unknown view
Chapter XXVI. Sasibhushan’s New House
146-154 unknown view
Chapter XXVII. Bidhubhushan Returns Home
155-167 unknown view
Chapter XXVIII. Miscellaneous Topics
168-176 unknown view
Chapter XXIX. Nilkamal’s Returen Home
177-179 unknown view
Chapter XXX. Gopal and Hemchandra
180-186 unknown view
Chapter XXXI. Gopal and Shyam Take up Their Abode with Hem
187-193 unknown view
Chapter XXXII. Navanari
194-198 unknown view
Chapter XXXIII. Gopal and Savrna Fall in Love with each Other
199-202 unknown view
Chapter XXXIV. Gopal Meets Svarnalata Again
203-206 unknown view
Chapter XXXV. Meeting of Bidhubhushan and Nilkamal
207-213 unknown view
Chapter XXXVI. ”Where is Gopal?”
214-220 unknown view
Chapter XXXVII. Sasanka and His Neighbour Haridas
221-228 unknown view
Chapter XXXVIII. Svarna a Prisoner in Sasanka’s House
229-234 unknown view
Chapter XXXIX. Gopal to the Rescue
235-239 unknown view
Chapter XL. Savrna’s Narrow Escape
240-246 unknown view
Chapter XLI. Sasibhushan Knows His Wife as He Never Knew Her Before
247-259 unknown view
Chapter XLII. Sasanka’s Death
260-265 unknown view
Chapter XLIII. Transportation of Rames
266-272 unknown view
Chapter XLIV. Meeting of Svarna and Gopal
273-277 unknown view
Chapter XLV. Conclusion
278-281 unknown view

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