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“ When my marriage party arrived , ” Premchand told his second wife years later , “ my father discovered that the bride was very ugly . The shamelessness of her behavior he had seen outside . My father's second wife's father had ...
“ When my marriage party arrived , ” Premchand told his second wife years later , “ my father discovered that the bride was very ugly . The shamelessness of her behavior he had seen outside . My father's second wife's father had ...
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She contrives to let her father know about her true love . The shock to him is great , but when he finds her grieving through the following months he begins to fear for her health and becomes resigned to the incredible .
She contrives to let her father know about her true love . The shock to him is great , but when he finds her grieving through the following months he begins to fear for her health and becomes resigned to the incredible .
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7 Gangi asked her father , “ Who was the one that sang , dada ? ” Some months passed . One day Gangi was plastering the walls with cow dung when she saw the young thakur , his head lowered , passing the house .
7 Gangi asked her father , “ Who was the one that sang , dada ? ” Some months passed . One day Gangi was plastering the walls with cow dung when she saw the young thakur , his head lowered , passing the house .
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Contents
One Lamhi and the Eastern Districts | 3 |
Two The National Watchman | 21 |
Three The Perimeters of Premchands Work | 36 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Munshi Premchand of Lamhi Village Comparative Studies in Southern Asia Series Issue 3 of Publication (Duke University. Commonwealth-Studies Center) Issue 3 of Publication series of the Program in Comparative Studies on Southern Asia Issue 3 of Publication series, Duke University Program in Comparative Studies on Southern Asia |
| Author | Robert O. Swan |
| Publisher | Duke University Press, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0822302063, 9780822302063 |
| Length | 149 pages |
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