Top 5 Books By Munshi Premchand That You Must Read
List of 5 best books written by Munshi Premchand. Dhanpat Rai Srivastava, better known by his pen name Premchand, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. Check out the booklist.
1. Gaban – Hindi – Premchand
Gaban is a Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand, written in 1931. Through this novel, he tries to show the falling moral values among lower middle class Indian youth in the era of British India, and to what heights a person can get to, to reach the world of elite class,and maintain the false image as a rich person.
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2. Nirmala
This is the story of the eponymous character Nirmala, a fifteen-year-old girl who is forced to marry a man almost her father’s age. One of the most popular novels of its time, Nirmala depicts the Indian society and the condition of women in it. A heart-rending read, the novel continues to remain a bestseller years after its first publication.
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3. 41 Anmol Kahaniya
With Premchand’s versatile writing skill, the stories took a valuable space in indian literature. This book is an integration of 41 stories by Premchand.
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4. Godan
Godan is a Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand, It was first published in 1936 and is considered one of the greatest Hindustani novels of modern Indian literature. Themed around the socio economic deprivation as well as the exploitation of the village poor, the novel was the last complete novel of Premchand.
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5. Karmabhoomi
Premchand’s karmabhoomi explores the struggle between the characters’ sense of Duty and their ambitions and how this causes a wedge between their various personal relationships. It is set against the backdrop of the early twentieth century when the British were exploiting the poor and the country was also fighting against its own social issues namely classism, casteism, and untouchability. What happens when all these struggles reach a national level?.
