Full Description
'Courtesans' Quarter' is a translation of the Urdu classic Bazaar-e-Husn, first published in 1917 by one of the finest Hindi novelists, Munshi Premchand. It tells the story of a beautiful and ambitious woman trapped under the harsh constraints imposed on women in 1930s India.
Contents
FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHRONOLOGY OF MUNSHI PREMCHAND; PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS; PART ONE; PART TWO; EXPLANATORY NOTES AND GLOSSARY