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BENGALI PROSE STYLE

1800-57

Introduction

During a little more than a century that commenced from 1800 A. D., Bengali prose has made an astonishing progress. The wonder ful assimilation of the classical element in Vidyasagar's style, perfected by the perennial flow of his emotional sweetness, the gorgeous sweep of Bankim's prose enlivened by a genial poetic enthusiasm, the superior word-painting of Ravindranath,—his style, setting up a new

Some of our best prose-writers.


ideal of art in our letters, and, last though not least, Sarat Chandra's rich colloquial

style, full of the charm of the dialect of the

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