Rabindranath Tagore: Selected Stories
- Publisher : Scholastic India
- Publishing year : January 2018
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9789352753147
- Imprint : Scholastic India
- Age Group : Young Reader
- Language : English
Scholastic brings to you the best of Rabindranath Tagore’s short stories, keeping in mind contemporary tastes in r ...
Scholastic brings to you the best of Rabindranath Tagore’s short stories, keeping in mind contemporary tastes in reading, especially in young readers. Tagore's stories are famous for their depiction of human character and relationships. Set mostly in Bengal’s village but universal in nature, the stories give a fair idea of the culture, society and tradition of Tagore’s time.
Born in Kolkata, Shri Rabindranath Tagore started writing poetry from a tender age of eight. Later, as an eminent poet, short story writer, essayist, painter, novelist and playwright of worldwide fame, he changed the face of Bengali literature and music. Some of his other works are Malini, The Crescent Moon and Stray Birds.
Well known as a 'polymath,' he was also known as a renaissance poet. He had a progressive mindset and believed that the human mind has unlimited capabilities.
