![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Her attempts to resolve the irreconciliable pressures of the home and world reflect the conflict in India itself, and the tragic outcome foreshadows the unrest that accompanied Partition in 1947.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. ![]()
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