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The Post Office by Rabindranath Tagore

Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941

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"The Post Office" by Rabindranath Tagore is a play written in 1912. It follows Amal, a child confined to his adoptive uncle's home by an incurable disease. From the courtyard, Amal talks to passers-by and dreams about distant places. When a new post office is built nearby, he imagines receiving a letter from the King. The play explores themes of freedom and imagination through the eyes of a homebound child facing mortality. ... Read more

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AuthorTagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941
TranslatorMukherjee, Devabrata
TitleThe Post Office
NoteWikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Post_Office_(play)
CreditsProduced by Eric Eldred and Chetan K. Jain
Reading LevelReading ease score: 94.7 (5th grade). Very easy to read.
LanguageEnglish
LoC ClassPK: Language and Literatures: Indo-Iranian literatures
SubjectBengali drama -- Translations into English
CategoryText
eBook-No.6523
Release DateSep 1, 2004
Last UpdateMar 21, 2024
CopyrightPublic domain in the USA.
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