Alaler Gharer Dulal
| Author | Peary Chand Mitra |
|---|---|
| Original title | Alaler Gharer Dulal |
| Translator | G D Oswell |
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publication date | 1857 |
| Publication place | India |
Published in English | 1893 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 199 |
Alaler Gharer Dulal (English: The Spoilt Child আলালের ঘরের দুলাল; published in 1857) is a Bengali novel by Peary Chand Mitra (1814–1883). The writer used the pseudonym Tekchand Thakur for this novel.
The novel describes the society of the nineteenth-century Calcutta with a focus on the lifestyle of its intemperate and prodigal protagonist, Matilal.[1]
The book was one of the earliest Bengali novels.[2] It was also the first piece of Bengali literature to use Cholitobhasa, the colloquial form of the Bengali language. The simple prose style it introduced came to be known as "Alali-style".[3] The novel was first published serially in a monthly magazine, Masik Patrika. Later, a dramatised version was staged at the Bengal Theatre (January 1875).[1]
The second edition (published in 1870) was illustrated by Girindra Kumar Dutta.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Huq, Mohammad Daniul (2012). "Alaler Gharer Dulal". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ↑ Hana Catherine Mullens wrote Phoolmani O Karunar Bibaran in 1852. This is regarded as the first novel in Bengali; Alaler Gharer Dulal was published in 1858, as per Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan page 423. Harinath Mazumdar wrote a novel Bijay Basanta at the same time as per Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Banga Samaj, page 88.
- ↑ "Buy Alaler Gharer Dulal ( Bengali Edition ) by Peary Chand Mitra By (author) from Boganto best price online in india". boganto.com. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ↑ Guha-Thakurta, Tapati (3 December 2007). The Making of a New 'Indian' Art: Artists, Aesthetics and Nationalism in Bengal, c.1850-1920. Cambridge University Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-521-05273-3.
External links
[edit]- Bhattacharya, Ramkrishna, Alal in Translation
- Alaler Gharer Dulal, Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo (1987) ed. Amaresh Datta, p. 126
- Project Gutenberg eBook on 'The Spoilt Child'
- https://archive.org/details/TheSpoiltChild
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