Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan

Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
Author: Toru Dutt
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1513212044

Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan (1882) is a collection of poems by Toru Dutt. Compiled after her death and published in London, Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan is an invaluable work of art from a pioneering figure in Indian history and Bengali literature. Born in Calcutta to a family of Bengali Christians, Toru Dutt was raised at the crossroads of English and Indian cultures. In addition to her native Bengali, she became fluent in English, French, and Sanskrit as a young girl, eventually writing novels and poems in each language. Despite her limited body of work, Dutt’s legacy as a groundbreaking writer remains firm in India and around the world. “Savitri was the only child / Of Madra's wise and mighty king; / Stern warriors, when they saw her, smiled, / As mountains smile to see the spring.” In rhyming English verse, Bengali poet Toru Dutt presents some of the oldest and most sacred stories from ancient India. Translated from Sanskrit into the popular ballad form, Dutt introduces an English audience to the story of Savitri, originally from the epic Mahabharata, as well as the tale of Lakshman, which comes from the Hindu epic Ramayana. Alongside these poems appear Dutt’s versions of Bengali folklore—“Joghadhya Uma”—and poems written during her stay in Europe. “Near Hastings” is a particularly beautiful example of her original verse depicting an otherworldly encounter along the English seacoast: “Near Hastings, on the shingle-beach, / We loitered at the time / When ripens on the wall the peach, / The autumn's lovely prime.” With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Toru Dutt’s Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan is a classic work of Bengali literature reimagined for modern readers.

Madame Thérèse, Or, The Volunteers of '92

Madame Thérèse, Or, The Volunteers of '92
Author: Erckmann-Chatrian
Publisher:
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1898
Genre: France
ISBN:

A novel about a village in Alsace in 1792, and what happens as the French Revolution spills over the border, and the Allies send troops into the area to maintain the status quo. It is the story of the village doctor and how the revolutionary ideals affect those in the village.

A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields

A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields
Author: Toru Dutt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1876
Genre:
ISBN:

Poems of various French authors, translated into English, with notes, by Toru Dutt.

Toru Dutt

Toru Dutt
Author: Toru Dutt
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2006
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

"This volume brings together her two novels, a book of poetry, and a selection of her letters".--BOOKJACKET.

Bianca; or, The Young Spanish Maiden

Bianca; or, The Young Spanish Maiden
Author: Toru Dutt
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2023-11-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Bianca; or, The Young Spanish Maiden" by Toru Dutt. Published by DigiCat. DigiCat publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each DigiCat edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Ancient Ballads And Legends Of Hindustan

Ancient Ballads And Legends Of Hindustan
Author: Toru Dutt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2020-01-23
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9789389821871

Ancient Ballads And Legends Of Hindustan: With An Introductory Memoir By Edmund Gosse. This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!