People have been drawn to its story and the characters, to the lead characters Devdas and Paro in particular, as they find in them their own reflections and share a mutual empathy with them. This shows its complexity and uniqueness.
So it remained underground for a long time, and then at once it became a hit. It was written in 1901 by the noted Bengali novelist Saratchandra Chattopadhyay, but it could not be published until 1917.
DEVDAS is a poignant tale of eternal love and its joys and agonies, an alluring stream of primordial longing for togetherness, a craving for union with the unknown, and a propensity to suffer and perish.Įver since its birth, the novel has had numerous incarnations in translation and cinema and, above all, in the popular imagination of millions.
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