8vo., 239pp., index, original cloth gilt. A fine clean copy in a practically fine bright dustwrapper. This volume traces the birth and development of prose fiction in Bengali, Marathi, Urdu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. It is addressed not only to academic students of Asian culture but to all who are interested in literary history. It has chapters on Bengali Prose Fiction up to Bankimcandra; The Development of the Modern Novel in Urdu; The Rise of Standard Hindi and Early Hindi Prose Fiction; The Tamil Renaissance and the Beginnings of the Tamil Novel; Three Novels of Kerala. Seller Inventory # 3529

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Title: The Novel in India : Its Birth and ...

Publisher: London: George Allen & Unwin: First edition

Publication Date: 1970

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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