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

Nil Darpan; Or, the Indigo Planting Mirror: A Drama

Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Digte

Nil Darpan; Or, the Indigo Planting Mirror: A Drama is a Bengali play depicting the plight of the farmers in Bengal during the Indigo Revolt of 1859.

Written by Dinabandhu Mitra in real-time and published a year later, the drama reflects the realities of Bengali peasantry under the rule of the East India Trading Company. It recounts how the farmers were manipulated into a violent cycle of economic dependence by the indigo planters, the exploitation the people and the land, and the subsequent revolt. They were forced to plant indigo due to the demand for textiles, despite it degrading the soil.

The drama was a critical text that shone a light on the horrific treatment many in Bengal experienced. It was translated into English by Reverend John Long in 1861, who also added an introduction and dispatched 500 copies in Official Government envelopes. This caused an uproar amongst many indigo planters and subsequently led to Long's arrest and short imprisonment.

This edition by Read & Co. Classics features Bengali poet and playwright, Michael Madhusudan Dutt's translation and introduction, as well as a preface by the author himself. Also including a biographical sketch by Bankimchandra Chattopadhaya. It continues to be an interesting read for anyone interested in the cultural history of Bengal, especially whilst under the Company’s rule.

© 2022 Read & Co. Classics (E-bog): 9781528797436

Oversættere: Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Release date

E-bog: 5. april 2022

Andre kan også lide...

  1. The Provok'd Wife: 'A slighted woman knows no bounds'' John Vanbrugh
  2. Journey to the End of the Night Louis-Ferdinand Celine
  3. Bouvard and Pécuchet Gustave Flaubert
  4. Everyman Anonymous
  5. Porcelain and pink F. Scott Fitzgerald
  6. Bad Feminist: Essays Roxane Gay
  7. The Jew of Malta: Studio Cast Album Recording Christopher Marlowe
  8. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Ian Mortimer
  9. The Memory Collectors: A Novel Kim Neville
  10. Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them Francine Prose
  11. Dead Souls Nikolai Gogol
  12. Left of the Bang Claire Lowdon
  13. Herzog Saul Bellow
  14. Across the River and Into the Trees Ernest Hemingway
  15. The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories Nikolai Gogol
  16. Happening Annie Ernaux
  17. How to Be a Writer Ruskin Bond
  18. 100 Great Drama Shows: Classic Shows from the Golden Era of Radio Various
  19. Metaphysics Aristotle
  20. A Thousand Ships: A Novel Natalie Haynes
  21. Agamemnon Aeschylus
  22. Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths Natalie Haynes
  23. Charles Kuralt's Summer Charles Kuralt
  24. Felix Holt, the Radical George Eliot
  25. The Old Fox Deceived Martha Grimes
  26. The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
  27. Anne Of Avonlea Lucy Maud
  28. This Passing World: The Journal of Geoffrey Chaucer Michael B. Herzog
  29. The Discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru
  30. Queen of the Owls: A Novel Barbara Linn Probst
  31. The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller Gustave Flaubert
  32. Hérodias Gustave Flaubert
  33. Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language Amanda Montell
  34. Ghachar Ghochar Vivek Shanbhag
  35. The Stationery Shop of Tehran Marjan Kamali
  36. The Castle of Otranto Horace Walpole
  37. The Strange Library Haruki Murakami
  38. The Golden-Haired Children Anonymous
  39. Oedipus Rex Sophocles
  40. The Human Condition: Second Edition Hannah Arendt
  41. The Poetry of John Milton John Milton
  42. Cracked Pots Heather Tucker
  43. The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee
  44. Tolkien's Lost Chaucer John M. Bowers
  45. Silly Novels by Lady Novelists George Eliot
  46. Lady Windemere's Fan: “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Oscar Wilde

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