GORA: RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Gora (1910) is Tagores fifth novel and is considered his masterpiece. Canvassing the social cultural religious and political life of nineteenth century urban middle-class Bengali it is a landmark in the history of the Bengali novel. The novel is believed to be an expression of Tagores own transition from Hindu revivalism to universal brotherhood from nationalism to internationalism from the acceptance of rigid Brahmanism and Hinduism to the religion of man. Gora was translated into English by W.W. Pearson in 1924.