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The Home and the World (LibriVox audio reading)

Rabindranath Tagore · 1916

A volunteer audio reading of Tagore's 1916 novel about nationalism and personal freedom, written by Tagore.

This novel is one of Tagore's own major works of fiction, addressing nationalism in his native Bengal.

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Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World, 1916. LibriVox volunteer audio reading (not the author's voice).

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What it is

This is a LibriVox volunteer audio recording of The Home and the World, a 1916 novel by Rabindranath Tagore set on the estate of a wealthy Bengali noble.

Why it matters

The novel explores tensions between nationalism and personal freedom, reflecting Tagore's own complicated views on the Indian independence movement. It shows him working as a novelist as well as a poet, during a period of political upheaval in Bengal.

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  • What does the setting of the novel tell us about the society Tagore was writing about?
  • Why might Tagore have chosen fiction, rather than essays, to explore ideas about nationalism?
  • This recording is a modern volunteer reading — how might it differ from a reading in Tagore's own time and voice?

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