The Dark Room (Narayan novel)
 Cover for the 1994 US paperback. | |
| Author | R.K.Narayan |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Eyre |
Publication date | 1938 |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 9780226568379 |
| OCLC | 7172688 |
| 823 19 | |
| LC Class | PR9499.3.N3 D37 1981 |
| Preceded by | The Bachelor of Arts |
| Followed by | Malgudi Days |
The Dark Room is a novel written by R.K.Narayan, the well known English-language novelist from India. Like most of his other works, this is a tale set in the fictitious town of Malgudi.
This work of literature was first published in Great Britain in 1938 by Macmillan & Co., Ltd. London. The first Indian edition came out in 1956.
Plot introduction
The central character of this novel is Savitri, a submissive housewife, who is married to Ramani, an employee of the Engladia Insurance Company. They have three children, Kamala, Sumati and Babu. Savitri is a typical housewife of the India of those times, very much dominated and neglected by her husband. There is a dark room in their house where Savitri retires whenever her husbands harshness seems unbearable to her.
Savitri's husband has a torrid affair with his secretary in the meanwhile and she becomes pregnant with his child only to abort it. In the end Savitri who leaves her husband's home finally comes back because of the children and decides to live with her burden.
Plot summary
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Release details
- 1938, UK, Macmillan Publishers ISBN ?, Pub date ? ? 1938, hardback (first edition)
- 1990, UK, Mandarin ISBN ?, Pub date ? ? 1990, paperback
- 1994, UK, Minerva ISBN ?, Pub date ? ? 1994, paperback
- 1994, U.S., University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-56837-7, Pub date 1 September 1994, paperback
- 2005, UK, Indian Thought Publications ISBN 81-85986-02-9, Pub date ? ? 2005, paperback reissue
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