Godan

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Godan is a landmark Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand that portrays the struggles of Indian peasants under social and economic oppression.

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instanceOf Hindi novel ⓘ
landmark of Hindi literature ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
adaptation Godaan (1963 film) ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ
television series adaptations ⓘ
author Munshi Premchand ⓘ
linked to: Premchand
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
criticizes caste-based discrimination ⓘ
exploitation by moneylenders ⓘ
social hypocrisy ⓘ
zamindari system ⓘ
focusesOn everyday life of poor peasants ⓘ
genre realist fiction ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
influenced later Hindi social novels ⓘ
literaryMovement progressive literature movement ⓘ
literarySignificance considered a classic of modern Hindi literature ⓘ
considered one of Premchand's greatest works ⓘ
mainCharacter Dhaniya ⓘ
Gobardhan ⓘ
Hori Mahato ⓘ
Malati ⓘ
Matadin ⓘ
Mehta ⓘ
Rupa ⓘ
Sona ⓘ
mainTheme agrarian exploitation ⓘ
caste and class inequality ⓘ
peasant oppression ⓘ
rural poverty ⓘ
social and economic injustice ⓘ
narrativeStyle third-person omniscient ⓘ
originalLanguage Hindi ⓘ
portrays conflict between peasants and landlords ⓘ
impact of debt on rural families ⓘ
role of moneylenders in villages ⓘ
struggles of Indian peasants ⓘ
tension between tradition and modernity ⓘ
urban-rural divide ⓘ
publicationYear 1936 ⓘ
publisher Lokmanya Press (first edition) ⓘ
setting rural North India ⓘ
settingPeriod late colonial India ⓘ
titleMeaning The Gift of a Cow ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ
multiple Indian languages ⓘ
translatedTitle Godan: The Gift of a Cow ⓘ
linked to: The Gift of a Cow

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