The Post Office by Rabindranath Tagore
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"The Post Office" by Rabindranath Tagore is a play written in 1912. It follows Amal, a child confined to his adoptive uncle's home by an incurable disease. From the courtyard, Amal talks to passers-by and dreams about distant places. When a new post office is built nearby, he imagines receiving a letter from the King. The play explores themes of freedom and imagination through the eyes of a homebound child facing mortality.
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| Author | Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Mukherjee, Devabrata |
| Title | The Post Office |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Post_Office_(play) |
| Credits | Produced by Eric Eldred and Chetan K. Jain |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 94.7 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PK: Language and Literatures: Indo-Iranian literatures |
| Subject | Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Indic drama -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Bengali drama -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 6523 |
| Release Date | Sep 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Mar 21, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1767 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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