Ramanath, the morally weak but physically charming son of a poor but honest government clerk in Allahabad, marries the beautiful Jalpa. Her passion for jewellery, inculcated from early childhood, involves her husband in increasingly complex financial and personal relationships, and eventually leads to his apparent disgrace, and his flight from home. Shocked into the renunciation of all her finery. Jalpa discovers Ramanath’s whereabouts by a clever strategem, only to learn that he has become the willing tool of the Calcutta police, who are bent on implicating several innocent people to successfully conclude an unsolved robbery case. Her courageous appeals to his better nature finally bring about his redemption and their reunion. Gaban, first published in 1931, five years before Premchand’s death, gives us a fascinating glimpse of North Indian society, and especially of the author’s own Kayasth community. But this novel also serves to put forth his own deeply-held views of the ills of that society—the insatiable love of its women for personal adornment, its failure to create fulfilling marriage relationships and its moral corruption.
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Gaban: The Stolen Jewels
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Premchand
Premchand (1880-1936). Born in Lamhi village near Varanasi in north India as Dhanpat Rai, Premchand's realistic writings highlighted the social milieu through a multi-faceted portrayal of human nature. The 12 novels, 300 or so short stories (most of them collected in an 8-volume set called Mansarovar and in Soz-e-Watan), plays and numerous essays-all add up to make him not only one of the most prolific but also marvelously creative writers, who came to be regarded as the spokesman of the disinherited and the downtrodden. The Second Wife (titled Nirmala in Hindi) represents a high-water mark of Premchand's genius as a creator of realistic fiction.
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Gaban: The Stolen Jewels
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195652169
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xiv+309p., 23cm
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