Project Gutenberg 2006-01-04 Public domain in the USA. 191 Cattopadhyaya, Bankimacandra 1838 1894 Chattopadhyay, Bankimchandra Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra Chatterji, Bankimcandra Chatterji, Bankimchandra Knight, Miriam S. The Poison Tree: A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal Bisha Briksha Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Poison Tree: A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal" by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around the lives of Nagendra Natha Datta, a wealthy landholder, and his wife Surja Mukhi, as they navigate personal and familial challenges in the traditional Hindu context of Bengal. The book highlights the intricacies of love, duty, and the impact of societal norms on individual lives, particularly focusing on the dynamics of marriage and sacrifice within a patriarchal framework. At the start of the story, Nagendra embarks on a critical journey by boat, urged by his wife Surja Mukhi to be cautious due to the onset of storms. As he travels, he encounters both nature's fury and the realities of Bengali rural life. Concurrently, the opening introduces Kunda Nandini, a young girl facing devastating loss and impending uncertainties after the death of her father. Her connection to Nagendra and the unfolding narrative hints at themes of fate, love, and the societal expectations heaped upon women in the era, setting the stage for a richly woven tale of personal and collective struggles within the cultural tapestry of Bengal. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PK Text India Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 363619 363129 2024-10-07T15:35:19.993412 2023-09-08T05:54:41.533132 text/html text/html 363582 2006-01-04T15:17:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 288736 2006-01-04T15:17:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 405697 2024-10-07T15:35:30.993352 application/epub+zip 409118 2024-10-07T15:35:24.274444 application/epub+zip 203858 2024-10-07T15:35:22.575445 application/epub+zip 668825 2024-10-07T15:35:35.809353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 612356 2024-10-07T15:35:29.727404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328009 2022-09-08T11:12:32.068005 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293988 293716 2024-10-07T15:35:18.390477 2023-09-08T05:54:40.442119 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 293757 2006-01-04T15:17:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 112207 2006-01-04T15:17:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 293748 2006-01-04T15:17:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 112174 2006-01-04T15:17:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22670 2024-10-07T15:35:35.961336 application/rdf+xml 20020 2024-10-07T15:35:23.186400 image/jpeg 4572 2024-10-07T15:35:22.886385 image/jpeg 372430 2024-10-07T15:35:20.088446 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia