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Penguin Classics Gift Set

Penguin Classics Gift Set

The Best of Indian Heritage
Several booksClassicsPhilosophy & Religion
Pages
1848
Published
2021
Language
English

Synopsis

This gift set gathers five short classics of Indian literature and thought under one cover: the Arthashastra, Kautilya's ancient treatise on statecraft and economics; Kabir: The Weaver's Songs, a selection of the 15th-century mystic poet's verse; Tagore's Gitanjali, the Nobel Prize-winning collection of devotional poems; Raja Rao's novella The Cat and Shakespeare; and O.V. Vijayan's novel The Legends of Khasak. Spanning several centuries and languages, the set moves from statecraft and devotional poetry to modern Indian fiction in English and Malayalam translation.

Genres

Classics Philosophy & Religion

Authors

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Kabir

Kabir is known for the Penguin Classics Gift Set. This collection brings together essential literary works. He aims to make classic stories accessible to new readers.

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Kauṭalya.

Kauṭalya was an ancient Indian philosopher and royal advisor. His writings on statecraft and economics are considered foundational texts, often found in collections like the Penguin Classics Gift Set. He offers timeless

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O. V. Vijayan

O. V. Vijayan is an author whose work is featured in the Penguin Classics Gift Set. Readers appreciate his distinct literary style. He is a notable figure in modern literature.

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Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of "Gitanjali" and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse" (The Nobel Foundation), he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature.

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Raja Rao

Raja Rao was an Indian writer of English language novels and short stories, whose works are deeply rooted in Hinduism. Raja Rao's semi-autobiographical novel, The Serpent and the Rope (1960), is a story of a search for spiritual truth in Europe and India. It established him as one of the finest Indian stylists.