The Bansberia raj (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789353707477)

Enter a Bengal where land, law, and lineage collide. History meets intimate human stakes. A forgotten name, newly heard. First published during the Bengali Renaissance, Shumbhoo Chunder Dey's The Bansberia Raj is a classic Indian novel of the British empire era, attentive to the pressures of colonial Bengal society as old hierarchies meet new systems of rule. As historical literary fiction, it traces the frictions of social change and tradition: authority contested, loyalties tested, power and inheritance weighed against conscience. Dey writes with the eye of a social observer, capturing how status, education, and public reputation can shape a household as decisively as wealth. Its significance lies in its witness: a Bengali perspective on the British Raj's daily mechanics, and on how reform and resistance can live side by side in the same community at a turning point. Read for pleasure, the novel offers a steady pull of drama and moral debate; read for context, it opens a window onto 19th century India and the everyday texture of British Raj Bengal, making it valuable South Asian studies reading without losing its human immediacy. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this unabridged classic novel has been restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure -- it is an essential addition for classic edition collectors, and for anyone seeking Bengali renaissance literature and British empire era fiction that still speaks to questions of duty, identity, and change.

Author: Shumbhoo Chunder Dey
ISBN-10: 9353707471
ISBN-13: 9789353707477
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2019
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.24d