The Gift of a Cow

Summary

Godaan (Hindi: गोदान, Urdu: گودان, romanized: gōdān, lit. 'cow donation') is a Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand. It was the last completed novel by Premchand. It was first published in 1936 and is considered one of the greatest novels of modern Indian literature and literary experts consider it world-class rivaling to classical literature of west. Themed around the socio-economic deprivation as well as the exploitation of the village poor, the novel was the last complete novel of Premchand. It follows the story of an old poor farmer, stuck in a debt trap, who wants to purchase a cow, but is unable to do so for lack of money. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur. This book contains scenes of violence as its author wrote them.

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English translation: all 36 published chapters are available.

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Chapters (36)

1. 1. अध्याय 1
2. 2. अध्याय 2
3. 3. अध्याय 3
4. 4. अध्याय 4
5. 5. अध्याय 5
6. 6. अध्याय 6
7. 7. अध्याय 7
8. 8. अध्याय 8
9. 9. अध्याय 9
10. 10. अध्याय 10
11. 11. अध्याय 11
12. 12. अध्याय 12
13. 13. अध्याय 13
14. 14. अध्याय 14
15. 15. अध्याय 15
16. 16. अध्याय 16
17. 17. अध्याय 17
18. 18. अध्याय 18
19. 19. अध्याय 19
20. 20. अध्याय 20
21. 21. अध्याय 21
22. 22. अध्याय 22
23. 23. अध्याय 23
24. 24. अध्याय 24
25. 25. अध्याय 25
26. 26. अध्याय 26
27. 27. अध्याय 27
28. 28. अध्याय 28
29. 29. अध्याय 29
30. 30. अध्याय 30
31. 31. अध्याय 31
32. 32. अध्याय 32
33. 33. अध्याय 33
34. 34. अध्याय 34
35. 35. अध्याय 35
36. 36. अध्याय 36