Alaler Ghare Dulal By Pyarey Chand Mitra

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Alaler Gharer Dulal(Bengali:আলালের ঘরের দুলাল,published in 1857) is a Bengali novel by Pyarey Chand Mitra (1814-1883).The writer used the pseudonym Tekchand Thakur for this novel.

The novel describes the society of the nineteenth century Calcutta(also known as Kolkata),and the bohemian lifestyle of the protagonist named Matilal.The novel is a landmark in the history of Bengali language and Bengali literature,as it used Cholitobhasa(colloquial form of the Bengali language) for the first time in print.The novel also happens to be one of the earliest Bengali novels.The simple prose style introduced in the novel came to be known as "Alali language".The novel was first published serially in a monthly magazine,Masik Patrika.Later,a dramatised version was staged at the Bengal Theatre(January 1875).

Bengali(Novel)[Not PD]:
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.356622/mode/2up

OR

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.297827/mode/2up

English(Novel):
https://archive.org/details/TheSpoiltChild/mode/1up

Bangali(Play):
https://archive.org/details/bub_man_253c69ee47c3846f249e79d48234fade/mode/2up

I am sorry,Some Texts Might Be Hard To Read.

Sadly,The First Edition Of The Book is in An Unreadable Condition:
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.337341/mode/2up

OR

https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.4574/mode/2up

Pyarey Chand Mitra(22 July,1814 to 23 November,1883) was an Indian writer,journalist,cultural activist and entrepreneur.His pseudo name is Tekchand Thakur.He was a member of Henry Derozio's Young Bengal group,who played a leading role in the Bengal renaissance with the introduction of simple Bengali prose.

His Alaler Gharer Dulal pioneered the novel in the Bengali language,leading to a tradition taken up by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and others.

Mitra died on 23 November,1883 in Kolkata.

Rev. James Long was a keen observer of the literary scene in Bengal and referred to Mitra as 'the Dickens of Bengal'.He was imprisoned and fined for writing a preface to the English translation of Dinabandhu Mitra's controversial play Nil Darpan.The translation was done by Michael Madhusudan Dutt.

The Author's Wikipedia Page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peary_Chand_Mitra
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