Project Gutenberg 2005-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 196 Tagore, Rabindranath 1861 1941 Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore, 1885 to 1895 Reading ease score: 75.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Text file produced by S.R.Ellison, Eric Eldred, and the Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Glimpses of Bengal" by Rabindranath Tagore is a collection of letters written during the late 19th century. This compilation spans a significant period in Tagore's literary life, from 1885 to 1895, and offers insight into the richly varied landscapes, rural life, and cultural nuances of Bengal. Through these letters, Tagore captures his personal reflections, observations, and emotions, revealing both the beauty and complexities of the region and its people. The opening of "Glimpses of Bengal" introduces the reader to Tagore's deep connection with the natural landscape, his contemplations on age and maturity, and his intimate portrayal of everyday life in Bengal through vivid descriptions. In the initial letters, he reflects on his youth, the passage of time as he nears thirty, and muses on the impact of the environment around him, from the vibrancy of the village scenes to the silence of the riverbanks. Each letter serves as a window into the poet's interior world, as well as a broader commentary on life in Bengal during that era, all conveyed with his characteristic lyrical style and keen philosophical insight. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Bengal (India) -- Description and travel Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 -- Correspondence DS Text India Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 202270 202271 2024-10-04T05:06:41.115701 2023-10-04T05:32:10.470484 text/html text/html 207224 2013-05-07T14:22:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 69207 2013-05-07T14:23:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 150580 2024-10-04T05:06:48.721657 application/epub+zip 152233 2024-10-04T05:06:44.193670 application/epub+zip 147230 2024-10-04T05:06:42.838695 application/epub+zip 323249 2024-10-04T05:06:52.218622 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275647 2024-10-04T05:06:47.733708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272496 2022-09-04T08:08:47.228222 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159789 159658 2024-10-04T05:06:40.312779 2023-10-04T05:32:09.790479 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 159513 2013-05-07T14:23:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 64374 2013-05-07T14:23:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 159504 2013-05-07T14:22:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 64358 2013-05-07T14:23:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21941 2024-10-04T05:06:52.346609 application/rdf+xml 13515 2024-10-04T05:06:43.396677 image/jpeg 3410 2024-10-04T05:06:43.115700 image/jpeg 142333 2024-10-04T05:06:41.132715 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