ग़बन
Credits: प्रेमचंद (author)
Summary
Ramanath, a young clerk in Allahabad, cannot bear to disappoint his bride Jalpa, who loves jewellery, and begins to spend and promise more than he earns. Premchand's 1931 novel follows what a vain little lie about money grows into, in a city of clerks, shopkeepers and the growing freedom movement; this edition is divided into fifteen long parts. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.
Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI assistant, from the text of the book.