Bankimchandra Omnibus: Volume - 1The First Volume Of This Collector S Edition Brings Together Five Of Bankimchandra S Best-Known Works In English Translation. Set In The Bengal Of Emperor Jehangir S Time, Kapalkundala Tells The Story Of Nabakumar, A Young Woman Named Kapalkundala Whom He Rescues From A Tantric Intent On Human Sacrifice, And The Beautiful Lutfunnisa Who Has Sold Her Heart On Marrying Him. In Bishabriksha (The Poison Tree), Set In Bankimchandra S Own Time, Nagendra Is Torn Between His Devoted Wife Suryamukhi And The Bewitching Young Widow Kundanandini. Unable To Prioritize Either Of The Women He Cares For, Nagendra Ends Up Losing Both. Indira Is A Lighthearted Tale Of Playful Intrigues: Upendra Does Not Realize That His Wife Indira Is Now Working As A Cook In His Friend S House, And Is Given A Royal Run-Around By Indira And Subhasini, Her Employer. Krishnakanta S Will Is A Tragedy Of Lust, Infidelity, Greed And Death Revolving Around Govindalal, His Wife Bhramar, The Attractive Widow Rohini, And A Stolen Will. Rajani, The Story Of A Blind Girl And Two Men, Sachindra And Amarnath, Is A Psychologically Taut Tale; It Is The First Indian Novel Where Characters Narrate Their Stories In The First Person. Evoking The Bengal Of Yore In All Its Hues, Bankimchandra S Novels Explore Love And Relationships And The Manner In Which Society Shapes Them. Translated Exclusively For Penguin, These Superbly Crafted Novels Are Sure To Hold Readers In Thrall Today Just As They Did Over A Century Ago. |
Contents
About the Author Kapalkundala | |
Part 1 | |
At the Estuary | |
On the Beach | |
In the Wilderness | |
On the Crest of the Sanddune | |
On the Seashore | |
Hira | |
No | |
Birds of a Feather | |
Protectorless | |
Hiras Anger | |
Hiras Malice | |
Hiras Quarrelthe Poison Tree Buds | |
Highway Robbery on Top of Theft | |
With the Kapalik | |
The Hunt | |
Refuge | |
In the Temple | |
Part 2 | |
On the Highway | |
The Wayside | |
A View of Female Beauty | |
The Palanquin Ride | |
Back Home | |
In Seclusion | |
Part 3 | |
In the Past | |
Change of Route | |
In the Rivals Home | |
At the Royal Palace | |
In the Temple of the Self | |
Obeisance | |
On the Outskirts of the City | |
Part 4 | |
Inside the Bedchamber | |
In the Woods | |
In the World of Dreams | |
Hints and Signals | |
On the Threshold | |
Reencounter | |
In Conversation with the Cowife | |
On the Way Home | |
In the Land of Spirits | |
Bishabriksha The Poison Tree 1 Nagendras Boatjourney | |
The Lamp Goes | |
Coming Events Cast Their Shadow Before | |
That is the One | |
Of Different Matters | |
Taracharan | |
You With Eyes Like Lotus Petals Who Are You? | |
A Reason for Great Anger on the Part of the Gentle Reader | |
Haridasi the Vaishnavi | |
Babu | |
Suryamukhis Letter | |
The Seed Sprouts | |
A Great Battle | |
Found | |
The Caged Bird | |
Descent | |
Good News | |
Who Has Any Objection? | |
Suryamukhi and Kamalamani | |
Letter of Blessing | |
What Is the Poison Tree? | |
The Search | |
All Happiness Has Bounds | |
The Fruit of the Poison Tree | |
As a Sign of Love | |
By the Roadside | |
In Hope | |
Hiras Poison Tree Flowers | |
News of Suryamukhi | |
Eventually Everything Was Lost | |
All Was Lost But Not Suffering | |
The Fruit of Hiras Poison Tree | |
Hiras Grandmother | |
Dark HouseDark Life | |
Return | |
By the Dim Lamp | |
Shadow | |
What Had Happened | |
The Simplehearted and the Snake | |
Kundas Prompt Action | |
After So Long Speech | |
Conclusion | |
Endnotes | |
Indira | |
Am to Go to My Fatherinlaws House 2 I Go to My Fatherinlaws House | |
The Pleasure of Travelling to My Fatherinlaws House | |
Now Where Do I | |
We Will Make Our Anklets Sound as We Go | |
Subo | |
Endnotes | |
Chapter 12 | |
Epilogue | |
Part 1 | |
Labangalata | |
Labangalata | |
Sachindra | |
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Common terms and phrases
angry answer asked Babu’s beautiful Bhramar boat brahmachari Brahmin Brahmin cook Calcutta called Champa clouds dark Datta daughter Devendra door everything eyes face father feet fell flowers Ganga garden gazing girl give goddess Govindalal Govindapur hair hand happiness Haralal Haramani Haridasi head hear heard heart Hira Hira’s hookah husband Kamala Kamalamani Kamini kapalik Kapalkundala Kayastha Kolkata Krishnakanta Kunda Kundanandini laughed leave letter live looked Lutfunnissa Madhavinath maidservant Malati marriage married Mehrunnissa mind mistress mother Nabakumar Nagendra never night Nisakar old woman once ornaments palanquin Peshaman poison Raman Babu Rohini rupees Satish servant Shrishchandra silent singing sister smile someone sound speak spoke stay Subhashini Surendra Suryamukhi Taracharan tears tell thought told took trees Upendra Vaishnavi Varuni village voice weep wept What’s widow wife women words Yamuna young