GORA: RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Gora (1910) is Tagore’s fifth
novel and is considered his masterpiece. Canvassing the social, cultural,
religious and political life of nineteenth century urban middle-class
Bengali, it is a landmark in the history of the Bengali novel. The novel is
believed to be an expression of Tagore’s own transition from Hindu revivalism
to universal brotherhood, from nationalism to internationalism, from the
acceptance of rigid Brahmanism and Hinduism to the religion of man. Gora was
translated into English by W.W. Pearson in 1924.