The Complete Works of Rabindranath Tagore (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. From Gitanjali to The Post Office: poems, plays, essays & letters of a Nobel laureate — spiritual and humanist idealsBy Rabindranath Tagore
Length66h 52m
About this audiobook
The Complete Works of Rabindranath Tagore gathers the astonishing range of a writer who reshaped modern Bengali literature and spoke with equal force to world letters. Across lyric poems, songs, short stories, novels, plays, essays, and lectures, Tagore joins devotional inwardness with philosophical inquiry, social criticism, and sensuous attention to nature. His style moves from musical simplicity to symbolic drama and reflective prose, standing at the crossroads of the Bengal Renaissance, anti-colonial modernity, and global humanism. Tagore (1861–1941), the first non-European Nobel laureate in Literature, was born into a culturally influential Calcutta family deeply involved in reform, education, music, and the arts. His travels, his founding of Santiniketan and Visva-Bharati, and his complex engagement with nationalism, rural life, spirituality, and colonial power all informed his writing. His work reflects a mind seeking freedom beyond political slogans: freedom of imagination, moral sympathy, and human fellowship. This collection is indispensable for readers who wish to encounter Tagore not merely as the author of Gitanjali, but as a complete literary civilization in himself. It is especially recommended to students of modernism, postcolonial literature, comparative poetics, and anyone drawn to writing that unites beauty, ethical seriousness, and expansive humanity.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length66 hrs 52 mins
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Publish dateApr 19, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6POETRY
7MY GOLDEN BENGAL(AMAR SHONAR BANGLA)
8THE MORNING SONG OF INDIA(JANA GANA MANA)
9GITANJALI
10THE GARDENER
11FRUIT-GATHERING
12THE CRESCENT MOON
13STRAY BIRDS
14LOVER'S GIFT AND CROSSING
15THE FUGITIVE
16THE CHILD
17FIREFLIES
18SONGS OF KABIR
19NOVELS & SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS:
20THE HOME AND THE WORLD (pt. 1)
21THE HOME AND THE WORLD (pt. 2)
22THE HOME AND THE WORLD (pt. 3)
23THE HUNGRY STONES AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 1)
24THE HUNGRY STONES AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 2)
25THE HUNGRY STONES AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 3)
26MASHI AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 1)
27MASHI AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 2)
28MASTER MASHAI
29THE SON OF RASHMANI
30PLAYS
31THE POST OFFICE
32CHITRA
33THE CYCLE OF SPRING
34THE KING OF THE DARK CHAMBER
35SANYASI, OR THE ASCETIC
36MALINI
37SACRIFICE
38THE KING AND THE QUEEN
39ESSAYS & LECTURES
40SADHANA: THE REALISATION OF LIFE (pt. 1)
41SADHANA: THE REALISATION OF LIFE (pt. 2)
42PERSONALITY (pt. 1)
43PERSONALITY (pt. 2)
44NATIONALISM (pt. 1)
45NATIONALISM (pt. 2)
46THE CENTRE OF INDIAN CULTURE
47THOUGHT RELICS
48THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN
49CREATIVE UNITY (pt. 1)
50CREATIVE UNITY (pt. 2)
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