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*Gora* (Bengali: গোরা) is a novel by Rabindranath Tagore, set in Calcutta (now Kolkata), in the 1880s during the British Raj. It is the fifth in order of writing and the longest of Tagore’s twelve novels. It is rich in philosophical debate on politics and religion. Other themes include liberation, universalism, brotherhood, gender, feminism, caste, class, tradition versus modernity, urban elite versus rural peasants, colonial rule, nationalism and the Brahmo Samaj.
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- Author
- Rabindranath Tagore
- First published
- 1924
- Pages
- 456
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Āra. Āra. Śeṭhanī Kampanī, Nepāla Ekeḍemī
- Editions
- 35
- Language
- pan, guj, tib, Hindi
- ISBN
- 9780143065838
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Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of "Gitanjali" and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse" (The Nobel Foundation), he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature.
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