Folk Tales of Bengal - A Set of 4 Books
by Lal Behari Day

(ISBN:81-7167-869/70/71/72-6 ~ Pub Year: 2002 ~ Pages:210 ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Rupa)

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This set of 4 books titled Phakir Chand, The Story of the Rakshasas, A Ghostly Wife, and The Story of Swet-Basanta and other Stories carries a selection of 21 folktales.

Tale (katha) forms a major part of Bengali prose literature and is sub-divided into many genres including rupakatha, bratakatha and upakatha. Rupakathas are usually about an anonymous king of an unnamed land. Once upon a time there was a king (Ek je chhilo raja ) is there typical beginning. Except the hero and the heroine, the other characters are usually referred to in accordance to their social standing or professions. This rupakatha collection is one of the first and the finest attempts to compile these treasures from Bengali folk literature.


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