Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan

By Toru Dutt and Edmund Gosse

Book Overview

Toru Dutt (1856 1877) was an Indian poet who wrote in English and French. At the time of her death, she left behind two unpublished novels Le Journal de Mademoiselle dZArvers (thought to be the first novel in French by an Indian writer) and Bianca, or the Young Spanish Maiden (thought to be the first novel in English by an Indian woman writer) in addition to an unfinished volume of original poems in English, Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan. The Table of Contents includes Savitr, Lakshman, Jogadhya Uma, The Royal Ascetic and the Hind, Dhruva, Buttoo, Sindhu, Prehlad, S ta. Near Hastings, France 1870, The Tree of Life, On the Fly Leaf of Erckmann-Chatrian's novel entitled Madame Th r se, Sonnet Baugmaree, Sonnet The Lotus, and Our Casuarina Tree.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143853485X
• ISBN13: 9781438534855
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Book Jungle
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.5" x 9.3"