The Poison Tree

About this eBook

Author

Cattopadhyaya, Bankimacandra, 1838-1894

Title

The Poison Tree: A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal

Credits

Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at Distributed Proofreaders Europe at dp.rastko.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PK: Language and Literatures: Indo-Iranian literatures

Subject

India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17455

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17455

Release Date

January 4, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE POISON TREE — BY
2. 2.BANKIM CHANDRA CHATTERJEE — MIRIAM S. KNIGHT — EDWIN ARNOLD, C.S.I. — T. FISHER UNWIN 26 PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1884
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — NAGENDRA'S JOURNEY BY BOAT.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — "COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE."
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — OF MANY SUBJECTS.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — TARA CHARAN.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — OH! LOTUS-EYED, WHO ART THOU?
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — THE READER HAS CAUSE FOR GREAT DISPLEASURE.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — HARIDASI BOISNAVI.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — THE BABU.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — SURJA MUKHI'S LETTER.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. — THE SPROUT.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — CAUGHT AT LAST.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — HIRA.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — NO!
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — LIKE TO LIKE.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — THE FORLORN ONE.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — HIRA'S ENVY
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — HIRA'S QUARREL. THE BUD OF THE POISON TREE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE CAGED BIRD.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — DESCENT.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. — GOOD NEWS.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. — SURJA MUKHI AND KAMAL MANI.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. — WHAT IS THE POISON TREE?
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. — THE SEARCH.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. — EVERY SORT OF HAPPINESS IS FLEETING.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. — THE FRUIT OF THE POISON TREE.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. — THE SIGNS OF LOVE.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. — BY THE ROADSIDE.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. — IS THERE HOPE?
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. — HIRA'S POISON TREE HAS BLOSSOMED.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. — NEWS OF SURJA MUKHI.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. — THOUGH ALL ELSE DIES, SUFFERING DIES NOT.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. — THE FRUIT OF HIRA'S POISON TREE.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. — HIRA'S GRANDMOTHER.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. — A DARK HOUSE: A DARK LIFE.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. — THE RETURN.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. — EXPLANATION.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. — THE SIMPLETON AND THE SERPENT.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE CATASTROPHE.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX. — KUNDA'S TONGUE IS LOOSENED.
44. 44.CHAPTER XL. — THE END.
45. 45.GLOSSARY OF HINDU WORDS.

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