Language | Hindi |
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ISBN-13 | 9789352230020 |
No of pages | 127 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Maple Press |
Published Date | 15 Mar 2015 |
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (also spelt Saratchandra) Bengali was a legendary Bengali novelist from India. He was one of the most popular Bengali novelists of the early 20th century.
His childhood and youth were spent in dire poverty as his father, Motilal Chattopadhyay, was an idler and dreamer and gave little security to his five children. Saratchandra received very little formal education but inherited something valuable from his father—his imagination and love of literature.
He started writing in his early teens and two stories written then have survived—‘Korel’ and ‘Kashinath’. Saratchandra came to maturity at a time when the national movement was gaining momentum together with an awakening of social consciousness.
Much of his writing bears the mark of the resultant turbulence of society. A prolific writer, he found the novel an apt medium for depicting this and, in his hands, it became a powerful weapon of social and political reform.
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Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, one of the most popular Bengali novelists of the 20th century, wrote stories reflecting obvious sincerity and basic realism. Many of his works represent the plight and oppression faced by women in rural Bengali society during that period. He condemned and wrote about the social superstitions and narrow mindedness that had engulfed the country.
Chandranath by Sarat Chandra is a popular novel depicting the love story of Chandranath and Saryu. The way Sarat Chandra portrays the intricacies of a relationship bounded in childhood, is worth reading. The way the lovers overcome the obstructions while breaking the shackles imposed by the society, makes their love deeper and stronger with time.