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Stories from Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .When the story ends the tired eyelids are weighed down with sleep. Thus it is that we send the little body of the child floating on the back of sleep over the still water of time, and then in the morning read a few verses of incantation to restore him to the world of life and light.

WORDS TO BE STUDIED

sovereign. This word is taken directly from the French language. It is connected with the Latin "supremus."

blinks. Many English words are made up from the supposed sound or motion to be represented. Compare to splash, to plump, to quack, to throb, to swish.

suspicious. From the Latin word "spicere," to look. Compare auspicious, respect, inspect, aspect.

unsophisticated. This word comes from the Greek "sophistes," meaning a sophist, that is to say, one who makes a pretence of being wise. Unsophisticated means one who makes no pretence to be learned.

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Community Reviews

I am a Bengali, and have read all these stories in Bengali language. When I read the same in English, I had a thought passing. There are some expressions that are innate and inherent to one specific language. No other language in the entire world can capture the exact emotion. I love his work.Althou

This collection has a very strong start: the first few stories are gems, just wonderfully-well crafted, evocative, sympathetic tales of life. There are humorous clever bits and heartbreaking bits, and it all has the ring of truth about it. I kept getting hints of this in The Home and The World, but

Thank you very much for the recommendation, Akrabar! What a lovely book.

Tagore has won my heart since childhood with his timeless short stories and poems. His stories do not follow any particular pattern or theme yet it is consistently mind pleasing. The vibrancy of themes and plots makes it so fresh to read each time. I am pretty sure I have read this book earlier in m

One word -Ineffable.

For those who like poetry and quotes, you cannot go wrong with one of India's most famous "the Bard of Bengal"-Rabindranath Tagore.
Not much about him but he became the first Non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 and wrote two nation's national anthems(India and Bangladesh).

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Thid book doesn't need any review. The story never gets old. So many emotions. Genius Genius man.

The prose of Tagore is mesmerizing which makes you feel enchanted; and often gives you a dose of refreshment. Its beauty lies in the profound insights conveyed in very simple words. Nearly all the stories touch you somewhere deep but it was the story 'Cabulliwalah' that was quite moving for me.

This is a beautiful collection of short stories. Although the stories are somewhat driven by fates, the protagonists are original in their actions, and the themes linger in mind long after I put them down. Tagore has great insight in human psyche and behavior

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