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    The document provides a book review and summary of the Hindi novel "Seva Sadan" by Premchand. It was one of Premchand's most famous works, examining the descent of a woman named Suman from a wealthy family into prostitution due to financial difficulties. The summary describes the key characters including Suman and her family members, and outlines the plot where Suman is unable to adapt to poverty after her father is jailed for taking a bribe and loses her wealth. She ends up as a courtesan but later reforms herself to serve as the manager of an orphanage. The review praises the novel's contemporary relevance in analyzing social ills and traditions through its cause-and-effect approach with

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    Book Review: Seva Sadan

    Transféré par

    Ananjay Tiwary
    The document provides a book review and summary of the Hindi novel "Seva Sadan" by Premchand. It was one of Premchand's most famous works, examining the descent of a woman named Suman from a wealthy family into prostitution due to financial difficulties. The summary describes the key characters including Suman and her family members, and outlines the plot where Suman is unable to adapt to poverty after her father is jailed for taking a bribe and loses her wealth. She ends up as a courtesan but later reforms herself to serve as the manager of an orphanage. The review praises the novel's contemporary relevance in analyzing social ills and traditions through its cause-and-effect approach with

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    SEVA SADAN

    Book Review by:

    Ananjay Tiwary

    One of the most celebrated writers of

    the Indian subcontinent of the early twentieth century.

    He has been referred to as the Katha

    Samrat" ("Emperor among Novelists").

    Considered as the first Hindi author whose

    writings prominently featured realism

    Used literature for the purpose of arousing

    public awareness about national and social issues

    Often wrote about corruption, child

    widowhood, prostitution, feudal system, poverty, colonialism.

    Seva Sadan literally means The house of Service. First Hindi novel of Premchand published in 1919. It

    was also published in Urdu under the title Bazaar-EHusn in 1924.


    Sevasadan went through several editions after its first

    publication. It was made into a film in 1938 with M.S. Subbulakshmi in the lead role.

    Suman The Protagonist

    Krishna Chandra Sumans father


    Gajadhar Sumans Husband Shanta Sumans Sister

    Bholi

    Courtesan Padmasingh Social Reformer Sadan Singh Shantas Husband

    Sevasadan is set in Varanasi, and it examines the descent of one lady, Suman,

    from rich, doted-on daughter to prostitute. Suman's luck changed all because her father ( a highly-respected police inspector) succumbed to taking a bribe so that he could incur the dowry expenses for her wedding. He was sent to jail and after his wife spent all their earnings trying to have him released, Suman was sent to her uncle's house where she was ill-treated by his family. It was a herculian task trying to marry off a penniless girl, but Suman's uncle, Umanath, managed to find her a poor man, Gajadhar, to marry. Suman, who had been used to luxuries in her father's house, found it very hard to be the perfect wife to a poor man. Finally, her husband, dissatisfied with her as a wife, asked her to leave. Having nowhere to go, Suman becomes a tawai'if or courtesan. In the end Suman reforms herself and atones by serving as the manager of an orphanage, the Sevasadan, for the young daughters of courtesans.

    This book has great contemporary relevance Cause and Effect approach to analyze the ills of the society

    and its traditions


    Not too many characters
    Language is very simple The Plot needs some understanding of the rural culture

    and village life

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