Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Folk-Tales of Bengal: Life's Secret

Serier

1 of 73

Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Noveller

Folk Tales of Bengal: Life’s Secret (1883) is a collection of stories by Lal Behari Dey. Inspired by the stories told to him by village elders in his boyhood, Lal Behari Dey wrote Folk Tales of Bengal: Life’s Secret in order to portray the lives and traditions of Bengali peasants in a positive, human light. Praised by Charles Darwin for his novel Govinda Samanta: Or the History of a Bengal Raiyat, Lal Behari Dey was awarded a substantial prize for his literary achievements by a prominent Bengali zamindar, cementing his reputation as a pioneering figure in Bengali literature. “I have reason to believe that the stories given in this book are a genuine sample of the old old stories told by old Bengali women from age to age through a hundred generations.” With this certificate of authenticity, Lal Behari Dey presents the stories of his youth in Bengal, stories of kings and queens, gods and monsters, of rich and poor and everything in between. In “Life’s Secret,” he tells the tale of Suo, a beautiful queen who has been unable to give birth to a son for her impatient, powerful husband. Just as she is ready to give in to despair, a mysterious healer presents her with a magical drug that will grant her the fertility she seeks. In “Phakir Chand,” two young friends on a journey to a foreign land encounter a princess held captive by a terrifying serpent. Saving her, they agree to remain at her palace, but only one of them can take her hand in marriage. Charming, instructive, and often surprising, Folk Tales of Bengal: Life’s Secret is an underappreciated masterpiece of Bengali literature from Lal Behari Dey. This edition of Lal Behari Dey’s Folk Tales of Bengal: Life’s Secret is a classic work of Bengali literature reimagined for modern readers. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.

With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

© 2021 Mint Editions (E-bog): 9781513288369

Release date

E-bog: 8. juni 2021

Andre kan også lide...

  1. The Discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom: A Story Sylvia Plath
  3. The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien
  4. The Fellowship of the Ring J. R. R. Tolkien
  5. An Autobiography Agatha Christie
  6. The Ballad of Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde
  7. Bodies from the Library: Selected Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Masters of the Golden Age A. A. Milne
  8. Ghost Stories Charles Dickens
  9. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel Harper Lee
  10. The Signal Man Charles Dickens
  11. The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel Milan Kundera
  12. 1984 George Orwell
  13. The Top 10 Short Stories - Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf
  14. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
  15. Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel García Márquez
  16. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum
  17. The Secret Adversary & And Then There Were None: Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook Agatha Christie
  18. Resolve J.J. Hensley
  19. The Stranger "International Edition" Albert Camus
  20. The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness Kyung-sook Shin
  21. Macbeth William Shakespeare
  22. Lalgarh and the Legend of Kishnaji : Tales from India's Maoist Movement Shigdhendu Bhattacharya
  23. Champions: How The Worldcup Was Won Suresh Menon
  24. The Indian Equator Ian Strathcarron
  25. The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood
  26. Exhalation Ted Chiang
  27. Reimagining Pakistan - Transforming A Dysfunctional Nuclear State Husain Haqqani
  28. The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee
  29. Camus at Combat: Writing 1944-1947 Albert Camus
  30. These Precious Days: Essays Ann Patchett
  31. Learn Chinese - Level 3: Lower Beginner Chinese: Volume 2: Lessons 1-25 Innovative Language Learning
  32. Against Interpretation, and Other Essays Susan Sontag
  33. A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India Josy Joseph
  34. Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World Chris Riddell
  35. Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read Virginia Woolf
  36. Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth With Commentary by David Clark David Clark
  37. Children’s Stories by Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde
  38. Translating Myself and Others Jhumpa Lahiri
  39. A Whiff of Wilde, a Pinch of Poe, and a Frisson of Frost: A Dab of Dickens, Vol. 3; Selections from A Dab of Dickens & a Touch of Twain,Literary Lives from Shakespeare’s Old England to Frost’s New England Edgar Allan Poe
  40. Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction Sue Hamilton
  41. Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases Michael Chabon
  42. The War That Invented Indian Banking Amit Schandillia
  43. Glimpses of Bengal: Select Letters 1885-1895 Rabindranath Tagore
  44. Exoplanets: Worlds without End Scientific American
  45. Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them Francine Prose

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Prøv gratis