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The Poison Tree: A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal
by Bankimacandra Cattopadhyaya
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- C1
- Length
- 44 chapters
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About this book
About this book
In a stormy season on the Ganges, Nagendra, a wealthy landowner, embarks on a crucial journey, urged by his devoted wife Surja Mukhi to heed the river's dangers. Their lives reveal the tender complexities of love, duty, and tradition in Bengal’s changing society.
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