| RAJMOHAN’S WIFE

“Rajmohan’s Wife” by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay is the author’s only English novel as well as he went on to write BengaliContinue Reading

| PREFACE

Strangely enough, Bengal’s first great novelist, like Bengal’s first great modern poet, made his debut in the field of literatureContinue Reading

| CONTENTS

The Drawers of Water The Two Cousins The Truant’s Return Home The History of Rise and Progress of a ZemindarContinue Reading

| CHAPTER I – THE DRAWERS OF WATER

THERE is a small village on the river Madhumati. On account of its being the residence of wealthy zemindars itContinue Reading

| CHAPTER II – THE TWO COUSINS

THE rays of the setting sun had vanished from the tops of the cocoanut palms. But night had not yetContinue Reading

| CHAPTER III – THE TRUANT’S RETURN HOME

KANAKMAYEE and her companion silently pursued their way home. The latter was feeling extremely shy before men, and at herContinue Reading

| CHAPTER IV – THE HISTORY OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF A ZEMINDAR FAMILY

IT is a notorious fact that many eminent zemindar families in Bengal owe their rise to some ignoble origin. BangshibadanContinue Reading

| CHAPTER V – A LETTER—A VISIT TO THE ZENANA

When Madhav returned from his garden, where he had parted with his cousin, he found a messenger waiting for himContinue Reading

| CHAPTER VI – MIDNIGHT PLOTTING

ALL who have their eyes shut do not sleep. Mat-walls like stone-walls have ears. Let us now return to Matangini.—LedContinue Reading

| CHAPTER VII — LOVE CAN CONQUER FEAR

In which the author narrowly misses an opportunity of introducing a few ghosts and regrets that he cannot gratify hisContinue Reading

| CHAPTER VIII — FOREWARNED AND FOREARMED

MATANGINI stopped at an open veranda and desired Karuna to awaken her sister and bring her thither. In a fewContinue Reading

| CHAPTER IX — WE MEET TO PART

“CAN I ever forget what you have done for me?” said Madhav to Matangini, after he had rejoined his wifeContinue Reading