Premchand
Novels

Premchand

Section Title: Novels
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Hindi title	Urdu title	Publisher	Date	Length (pages)	Description

Devasthan Rahasya	Asrar-e-Ma'abid	Awaz-e-Khalk (serial form)	1903 (8 October)-1905 (February)	English translation of the title: "The Mystery of God's Abode"

Prema	Hamkhurma-o-Ham Sawab	Indian Press/Hindustan Publishing House	1907	Amrit Rai overcomes social opposition to marry the young widow Poorna, giving up his rich and beautiful fiance Prema. (Penned under the name "Babu Nawab Rai Banarsi")

Kishna	Medical Hall Press, Benares	1907	142	Now lost; satirises women's fondness for jewellery

Roothi Rani	Zamana (serial form)	1907 (April–August)

Soz-e-Watan	Publishers of Zamana	1907,1909	Banned by the British Government in 1909

Vardaan	Jalwa-e-Isar	Granth Bhandar and Dhanju	1912	128	Vardan ("Boon") is about Pratap Cahndra and Brij Rani, two childhood neighbours who like each other. Brij gets married to another man and becomes a famous poet after being widowed.

Seva Sadan	Bazaar-e-Husn	Calcutta Pustak Agency (Hindi)	1919 (Hindi); 1924 (Urdu)	280	An unhappy housewife first becomes a courtesan, and then manages an orphanage for the young daughters of the courtesans.

Premashram	Gosha-e-Afiyat	1922

Rangbhoomi	Chaugan-e-Hasti	Darul Ishaat (Urdu, 1935)	1924

Nirmala	Nirmala	Idaara-e-Furoogh-Urdu	1925	156	English title: The second wife. About the dowry system in India (serialised in the magazine Chand between November 1921 and November 1926, before being published as a novel)

Kaayakalp	Parda-i-Majaz	Lajpat Rai & Sons, Lahore (Urdu)	1926 (Hindi), 1934 (Urdu)	440

Pratigya	Bewa	1927	Deals with widow remarriage

Gaban	Ghaban	Saraswati Press, Benares; Lajpatrai & Sons, Urdu Bazaar	1931	248

Karmabhoomi	Maidan-e-Amal	Maktaba Jamia, Delhi	1932

Godaan	Saraswati Press	1936	344	English title: The Gift of the Cow. Themed around the socio economic deprivation as well as the exploitation of the village poor.

Mangalsootra (incomplete)	Hindustan Publishing House	Premchand completed only first four chapters (around 70 pages) of this novel.

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Premchand´s 142-page work which satirises women's fondness for jewellery, is now lost.

final_sentence: Premchand´s 142-page work which satirises women's fondness for jewellery, is now lost.