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The Poison Tree
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The Poison Tree

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A pioneer of Bengali Literature from India, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee presents life in Bengali in The Poison Tree. Nagendra Natha Datta is about to travel by boat. It is the month of Joisto (May June), the time of storms, His wife, Surja Mukhi, hard adjured him, saying, "Be careful; if a storm arises be sure you fasten the boat to the shore. Do not remain in the boat." Nagendra had consented to this, otherwise Surja Mukhi would not have permitted him to leave home; and unless he went to Calcutta his suits in the Courts would not prosper. Nagendra Natha was a young man, about thirty years of age, a wealthy zemindar (landholder) in Zillah Govindpur. He dwelt in a small village which we shall call I Haripur. Ile was travelling in his own boat. The first day two passed without obstacle. The river flowed smoothly on leaped, danced, cried out, restless, unending, playful. On shore, herdsmen were grazing their oxen one sitting under a tree singing, another smoking, some fighting, others eating Inland, husbandmen were driving the plough, beating the oxen, lavishing abuse upon them, in which the owner shared,

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Pharos Books Private Limited
Date
25 October 2024
Pages
178
ISBN
9789367003220

A pioneer of Bengali Literature from India, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee presents life in Bengali in The Poison Tree. Nagendra Natha Datta is about to travel by boat. It is the month of Joisto (May June), the time of storms, His wife, Surja Mukhi, hard adjured him, saying, "Be careful; if a storm arises be sure you fasten the boat to the shore. Do not remain in the boat." Nagendra had consented to this, otherwise Surja Mukhi would not have permitted him to leave home; and unless he went to Calcutta his suits in the Courts would not prosper. Nagendra Natha was a young man, about thirty years of age, a wealthy zemindar (landholder) in Zillah Govindpur. He dwelt in a small village which we shall call I Haripur. Ile was travelling in his own boat. The first day two passed without obstacle. The river flowed smoothly on leaped, danced, cried out, restless, unending, playful. On shore, herdsmen were grazing their oxen one sitting under a tree singing, another smoking, some fighting, others eating Inland, husbandmen were driving the plough, beating the oxen, lavishing abuse upon them, in which the owner shared,

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Pharos Books Private Limited
Date
25 October 2024
Pages
178
ISBN
9789367003220