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Novel
Pratigaya By Munshi Prem Chand (Hardcover)
The novel ‘Pratigya’ is a live depiction of the compulsions and destiny of an Indian woman living suffocating in adverse circumstances. Widower Amritrai, the hero of ‘Pratigya’, wants to marry a widow so that the life of a young woman is not destroyed. Poorna the heroin is an unsupported widow. The hungry wolves of the society want to destroy its accumulation. In the novel, Premchand has presented the widow problem in a new form and has also suggested an alternative.
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Premchand ki Anmol Kahaniya (Hindi) By Premchand (Hardcover)
Coming soon, Fiction, Novel, Short StoryPremchand ki Anmol Kahaniya (Hindi) By Premchand (Hardcover)
The most celebrated writer of Hindi literature, Munshi Premchand penned stories that were tragic yet heart-warming, fantastic yet lauded for their realism. This is a covetable collection that every reader will cherish, featuring masterpieces such as ‘Grahdaah, Abhushan’, ‘Sachchayi ka Upkaar’, ‘Haar Ki Jeet and Updesh’, and many more.
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Premchand ki Shreshtha Kahaniyan By Premchand (Hardcover)
Premchand Ki Shreshth Kahaniyan is a covetable collection of stories written by Munshi Premchand, a writer who towers above the rest in the history of Indian literature. It includes poignant and beautiful stories: some centred around memorable women characters, such as ‘Maa’, ‘Shanti’, and ‘Jhanki’, some of betrayal such as ‘Lanchhan’, and ‘Doodh ka Daam’ which subtly but powerfully exposes the social issues of Premchand’s time, along with many other stories that will regale you with a perfect portrait of the reality of life in India.
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Priya Kahaniyan By Premchand (Hardcover)
Eulogised as the ‘Upanyas Samrat’, Premchand has continued to be one of the seminal figures of Hindi writing canon. His texts put forth the realities of his contemporary twentieth century milieu and raises important questions of caste, class, societal, disjunct, et al. With more than three hundred short stories, a multitude of essays, letters, plays, and translations, Premchand’s significance to Indian literature and its rendezvous with uniquely Indian themes remains unparalleled.This collection is expressive of Premchand’s idiosyncratic literary skills as the texts put forth Premchand’s artistic investiveness coupled with his stark critique of social and cultural injustices. The flair, thematic, brilliance, grassroot level linguistics and enamouring storytelling reactily capture the reader’s attention as they foray into the literary world created by the writer.
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Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (Hardcover)
Rajmohan’s Wife, first serialized in 1864, marked Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay’s debut as a writer. He went on to write fourteen novels in Bengali, including the epochal Anandamath and the verse ‘Vande Mataram’, which became the national song of India. The beautiful and passionate Matangini, married to a villainous man and in love with her sister’s husband, represents the vitality of women who remain strong in the face of brutality and the confining expectations of middle-class society. Bankimchandra’s vivid descriptions of the routine of Bengali households provide a revealing portrait of life in the nineteenth century.Rajmohan’s Wife continues to be relevant for its universal themes of love and romance and resonates even today for its portrayal of strong women.
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Ramcharcha By Munshi Premchand (Hardcover)
प्रेमचंद (प्रेमचन्द) के साहित्यिक जीवन का आरंभ (आरम्भ) 1901 से हो चुका था आरंभ (आरम्भ) में वे नवाब राय के नाम से उर्दू में लिखते थे। प्रेमचंद की पहली रचना के संबंध में रामविलास शर्मा लिखते हैं कि- “प्रेमचंद की पहली रचना, जो अप्रकाशित ही रही, शायद उनका वह नाटक था जो उन्होंने अपने मामा जी के प्रेम और उस प्रेम के फलस्वरूप चमारों द्वारा उनकी पिटाई पर लिखा था। इसका जिक्र उन्होंने ‘पहली रचना’ नाम के अपने लेख में किया है। “उनका पहला उपलब्ध लेखन उर्दू उपन्यास ‘असरारे मआबिद’ है जो धारावाहिक रूप में प्रकाशित हुआ। इसका हिंदी रूपांतरण देवस्थान रहस्य नाम से हुआ। प्रेमचंद का दूसरा उपन्यास ‘हमखुर्मा व हमसवाब’ है जिसका हिंदी रूपांतरण ‘प्रेमा’ नाम से १९०७ में प्रकाशित हुआ। १९०८ ई. में उनका पहला कहानी संग्रह सोज़े-वतन प्रकाशित हुआ। देशभक्ति की भावना से ओतप्रोत इस संग्रह को अंग्रेज़ सरकार ने प्रतिबंधित कर दिया और इसकी सभी प्रतियाँ जब्त कर लीं और इसके लेखक नवाब राय को भविष्य में लेखन न करने की चेतावनी दी। इसके कारण उन्हें नाम बदलकर प्रेमचंद के नाम से लिखना पड़ा। उनका यह नाम दयानारायन निगम ने रखा था। ‘प्रेमचंद’ नाम से उनकी पहली कहानी बड़े घर की बेटी ज़माना पत्रिका के दिसम्बर १९१० के अंक में प्रकाशित हुई।
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Rangbhoomi By Munshi Premchand (Hardcover)
Premchand was born on 31 July 1880 in a Kayastha family in Lamahi village of Varanasi district (Uttar Pradesh). His mother’s name was Anandi Devi and father’s name was Munshi Ajaybrai, who was a postman in Lamhi. His real name was Dhanpat Rai Srivastava. Premchand (Premchand) had his early education in Persian. In relation to Premchand’s parents, Ramvilas Sharma writes that- “When he was seven years old, his mother died. He was married when he was fifteen and his father died when he was sixteen years old. also passed away.”During the non-cooperation movement in 1921, on the call of Mahatma Gandhi to leave the government job, he resigned from the post of school inspector on 23rd June. After this he made writing his profession. He worked as an editor in magazines like Maryada, Madhuri etc. In the meantime, he along with Pravasilal also bought Saraswati Press and brought out Hans and Jagran. The press did not prove commercially profitable for him. In 1933, he accepted Mohanlal Bhavnani’s offer to work as a story writer in the Cinetone Company to settle his debts. Premchand did not like the film city. He could not complete even one year’s contract and left two months’ salary and returned to Banaras. His health continued to deteriorate. He died on 8 October 1936 after a long illness.SKU: n/a -
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Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey (Hardback)
- Page : 313
- ISBN : 9789356520097
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2.2 cm
Initially published in 1912 and the first of Zane Grey’s many bestsellers, this stirring tale of adventure in the high country established the prototype for western novels of the twentieth century. The plot’s focus is a proud young heroine who’s determined to defend her Utah ranch. She stands alone against the villains who rustle and stampede her cattle — until a stranger rides into the territory. Notorious as the scourge of Mormon transgressors, the stranger stays on to assist in the inevitable showdown, and romance blooms amid the canyons and cottonwoods. A classic of American frontier fiction, Riders of the Purple Sage teems with color, authenticity, and thrills.
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Sevasadan By Munshi Premchand (Hardcover)
Highlighting the social issues prevalent in the country at the turn of the twentieth century, Munshi prenchand’s sevasadan (1918) narrates the poignant tale of Suman, who is trapped in an unhappy, mismatched marriage owing to the evils of the Dowry system. It traces her journey from being the virtuous housewife to being ‘Sumangali’, a courtesan in the kothas of Varanasi.
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Shrikant By Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyah (Hardcover)
आत्मकथात्मक शैली में रचित एवं चार भागों में विभक्त ‘श्रीकान्त’ शरत्चन्द्र चट्टोपाध्याय का रोचक, पठनीय एवं संग्रहणीय उपन्यास है, जो पुरुष प्रधान होते हुए भी नारी संवेदना का संवाहक है। इसके नायक श्रीकांत बचपन से ही धुन के धनी और मस्तमौला थे। किसी के साथ या एक ही जगह लंबे समय तक रहना उन की प्रकृति के विरुद्ध था। समाज में उन्हें कोई अपना कहने वाला था, तो केवल उनकी बचपन की सहपाठिन राजलक्ष्मी, जिसने नौ साल की उम्र में ही चैदह साल के किशोर श्रीकांत को करौंदों की माला पहनाकर अपना बनाना चाहा था। फिर भी क्या वह श्रीकांत को अपना बना सकी? यही इस उपन्यास का कथ्य है।
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Somnath By Acharya Chatursen (Hardback)
भारत के कोने-कोने से श्रद्धालु यात्री ठठ-के-ठठ बारहों महीने इस महातीर्थ में आते और सोमनाथ के भव्य दर्शन करते थे। अनेक राजा-रानी, राजवंशी, धनी – कुबेर, श्रीमंत साहूकार यहां महीनों रुके रहते थे और अनगिनत धन-रत्न, गांव-धरती सोमनाथ के चरणों में चढ़ा जाते थे।उसी अवर्णनीय, अतुलनीय वैभव से युक्त सोमनाथ के पतन की करुण कथा और सुलतान महमूद गजनवी के सत्रहवें आक्रमण की क्रूर कहानी है। इसमें वीरता और निष्ठा भी है, तो कायरता और स की घृणित तस्वीर भी । कहीं स्नेह और प्रेम के धागे हैं, तो कहीं निष्ठुरता और जुल्म के बर्छ-भाले भी। यह एक ऐसा उपन्यास है, जो पाठक के सामने एक पूरे युग का सम्पूर्ण चित्र खड़ा कर देता है। एक-एक दृश्य जीता-जागता और दिल को छू लेने वाला है।.
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Tales From Gorky: With A Biographical Notice Of the Author by R. Nisbet Bain (Hardback))
Coming soon, Short StoryTales From Gorky: With A Biographical Notice Of the Author by R. Nisbet Bain (Hardback))
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, popularly known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer and socialist political thinker and proponent. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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