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About The Book: This book, "Stories from Tagore," features a collection of narratives like "The Cabuliwallah," "The Home-Coming," "Once there was a King," and others. Addressing the challenges of instructing Indian children with English schoolbooks, the stories focus on familiar Indian environments, sentiments, and characters. Written in a simple style, the book aims to help Indian students understand English more easily. It includes stories previously published in English volumes, with slight revisions, and introduces two stories in English for the first time. The book also provides lists of words for study, aiming to spark interest in Indian words and their history among readers. About The Author: Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), born in Calcutta, India, achieved early success with stories, songs, and plays in Calcutta. His acclaimed work, Gitanjali, translated into English in 1912, garnered a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, making him the first non-westerner honored. Knighted by King George V in 1915, Tagore later renounced the title in protest of the 1919 Amritsar massacre. A prolific writer, he produced over a thousand poems, eight volumes of short stories, nearly two dozen plays, eight novels, and numerous philosophical, religious, and social essays. Tagore also composed over two thousand songs, including national anthems for India and Bangladesh. The Title 'Stories from Tagore written/authored/edited by Rabindranath Tagore', published in the year 2024. The ISBN 9788121207904 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 249 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Classics, Fiction. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-