Devrani Jethani Ki Kahani: A Tale of Two Sisters-in-Law
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Devrani Jethani Ki Kahani: A Tale of Two Sisters-in-Law
Author: Pandit Gauri Datt
Brand: Primus Books
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 438
Release Date: 01-08-2022
Details: Pandit Gauri Datt's Devrani Jethani ki Kahani: A Story of Two Sisters-in-Law (1870) is often considered the first novel in Hindi. This sparsely written story, in deceptively simple but elegant prose, follows the fortunes of an Agarwal merchant family in the north Indian town of Meerut, then under colonial rule. Gauri Datt introduces us to a colourful and carefully calibrated canvas of characters in which the family’s two daughters-in-law remain the focus of interest. Following a familiar pattern, only one of them is virtuous, skilled and literate. The novel acknowledges the large extended family’s aspirations for social mobility, reform and modernity, while capturing the swiftly transforming everyday and ritual life of merchant communities. The novel will be of interest to scholars and students of South Asian literature and to historians of language, education, modernity, caste and gender.
EAN: 9789391144562
Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.7 inches
Languages: English
