Home and the World
by Rabindranath Tagore

Name: Home and the World
Author: Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo religionist, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became Asia’s first Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Home and the World is a 1916 novel, set in the estate of the rich Bengali noble Nikhil. He lives happily with his beautiful wife Bimala until the appearance of his friend and radical revolutionist, Sandip. Sandip, a passionate and active man, is a contradiction to the peace-loving and somewhat passive Nikhil. He easily attracts the innocent and unsuspecting Bimala, creating a love triangle. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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English

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Romance Drama Novel

Tags/Keywords

Nationalism Revolution Idealism Politics Historical Fiction Tradition Sacrifice Romanticism Modernity Identity Feminism Social Change India Colonialism Love Triangle Bengali literature Moral conflict Female empowerment Tagore Gurudev Brahmoism

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Rabindranath Tagore

British India

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