Charitraheen

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Charitraheen is a Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay that explores complex female characters and social morality in early 20th-century Bengal.

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Charitraheen canonical 1
Charitraheen (television series) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
associatedWith early 20th-century Bengali social reform debates
author Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
authorLanguage Bengali
authorNationality Indian
countryOfOrigin India
culturalContext colonial Bengal
explores complex female characters
concept of characterlessness
conflict between desire and duty
social ostracism
featuresCharacter Kiranmayi
Sabitri
Satish
Surendranath
genre romantic drama
social novel
hasAdaptation Charitraheen (1974 film)
Charitraheen (1975 Hindi film)
Charitraheen (Bangladeshi film)
Charitraheen (television series)
linked to: Charitraheen
hasTheme class and respectability
love and betrayal
marriage and extramarital relationships
moral judgment by society
language Bengali
literaryForm prose fiction
literaryMovement Bengali literature
Indian literature in Bengali
mainTheme female sexuality
gender roles
hypocrisy of society
social morality
social stigma
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor critique of conservative Bengali society
portrayal of women defying social norms
originalAudience Bengali readers
originalLanguageScript Bengali script
setInPeriod early 20th-century Bengal
titleMeaning Characterless
workOf Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

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Charitraheen hasAdaptation Charitraheen (television series)
linked to: Charitraheen