Swami and Friends and the Bachelor of Arts Read Online
 Cover of Malgudi School days 2009 Puffin Classics edition | |
| Author | R. K. Narayan |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | R. K. Laxman |
| Country | India |
| Linguistic communication | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Published | 1935 Hamilton |
| Media blazon | |
| Pages | 459 |
| ISBN | 978-0-09-928227-3 |
| OCLC | 360179 |
| Followed by | The Bachelor of Arts |
Swami and Friends is the first of a serial of novels written by R. K. Narayan (1906–2001), English language novelist from Republic of india. The novel, the kickoff book Narayan wrote, is fix in British Republic of india in a fictional town chosen Malgudi. The 2d and tertiary books in the trilogy are The Bachelor of Arts and The English language Teacher.
The novel follows a ten-year-sometime schoolboy, Swaminathan, and his attempts to court the favour of a much wealthier schoolboy, Rajam.
Malgudi Schooldays is a slightly abridged version of Swami and Friends, and includes 2 boosted stories featuring Swami from Malgudi Days and Under the Banyan Tree.[one]
Summary [edit]
Swaminathan is a lazy schoolboy who lives with his male parent, mother, and grandmother in Malgudi. He attends the Albert Mission School with his friends Samuel, Sankar, Somu, and Mani. The arrival of a new educatee, Rajam -- the son of a wealthy police force superintendent -- threatens Swami's popularity. After an initial rivalry, Swami and Rajam reconcile and get friends.
A protest, part of Gandhi'due south non-cooperative movement, erupts through the town. Swami, participating in the protests, breaks the window of the headmaster'south room. Rajam'due south father leads a vehement crackdown of the protest. The next twenty-four hours, a distressed Swami runs away from the school after the headmaster vows to punish participating students. He is subsequently expelled from Albert Mission and is compelled to enroll in the stricter and more rigorous Board High School.
Rajam and Swami start a cricket club, gathering friends together for practice after schoolhouse, in which Swami is chronically tardy due to his relatively late-afternoon dismissal from Board Loftier School. With a match scheduled, Swami pleads with his new headmaster to allow him to get out class early; he refuses. An undeterred Swami is caught committing truancy later asking a medico to write a note of absence and is beaten and expelled past the headmaster.
Now expelled from ii schools, and fearing his father's wrath at dwelling house, Swami runs away from town. Becoming lost and hungry, Swami regrets his decision. Meanwhile, Swami'southward begetter attempts to locate his missing son. Swami is discovered by a man carrying a cart who promptly contacts his parents. Swami's relief at returning home turns to dismay when his friends report that they have lost their cricket game, and Rajam declares the end of their friendship.
One night, Mani informs Swami that Rajam and his family are relocating to another city. Swami wakes up early on the next day to endeavor to reconcile and bid his adieu to Rajam, gifting him a re-create of Hans Christen Anderson's Fairy Tales. He asks Rajam, every bit the railroad train speeds away, if he would ever return, only his answer is drowned out by the sound of the locomotive. Swami weeps, wondering if Rajam would ever recollect of him over again.
Publication [edit]
Swami and Friends is the first novel written by R. K. Narayan.[2] Information technology was published through the intervention of a friend and neighbour ("Kittu" Purna) who was studying at Oxford. Through him, Graham Greene came into contact with Narayan's work, became specially interested in it and took it upon himself to place the book with a reputable English publisher (Hamish Hamilton).[3] Graham Greene was responsible for the title Swami and Friends, irresolute it from Narayan'southward Swami, the Tate, suggesting that it would accept the advantage of having some resemblance to Rudyard Kipling's Stalky & Co..[four]
Greene arranged the details of the contract and remained closely involved until the novel was published. Narayan'due south indebtedness to Greene is inscribed on the forepart endpaper of a copy of Swami and Friends Narayan presented to Greene: "Just for you, Swami should be in the bottom of Thames now".[4]
Characters [edit]
Albert Mission School friends [edit]
- West.Southward. Swaminathan: A ten-year-onetime male child studying at Albert Mission Schoolhouse, Malgudi. He lives in Vinayaka Mudali Street. He is later on transferred to Board High School.
- Mani: Swami's classmate at Albert Mission School, lives in Abu Lane, he is known every bit 'Mighty good-for-nothing'.[5] [6] He carries effectually a club sometimes, and threatens to beat his enemies to a pulp. He is hardly concerned about his studies.
- M. Rajam: Swami'south classmate at Albert Mission School, lives in Lawley Extension. His male parent is the Deputy Police Superintendent of Malgudi. He previously studied at an English Boys' School, Madras. He is also the Captain of Malgudi Cricket Club (MCC).
- Somu : Monitor of 1st Form A Section, lives in Kabeer Street. He fails in 1st Form and is "automatically excluded from the group".
- Sankar: Swami's classmate in 1st Course A Department. His father gets transferred at the end of the term. He is the nearly brilliant boy of the class.
- Samuel ("The Pea"): Swami's classmate in 1st Grade A Section. He is known equally "The Pea" considering of his elevation.
Swami'due south business firm [edit]
- W. T. Srinivasan: Swami'due south father, a lawyer
- Lakshmi: Swami's mother, homemaker
- Swami'due south grandmother
- Swami'south belatedly grandfather (sub-magistrate)
- Subbu: Swami'due south younger blood brother
Others [edit]
- Rajam's father - A Deputy Constabulary Superintendent
- Rajam's mother
- The Headmaster of Albert Mission School
- Mr. Ebenezer - A instructor at Albert Mission School, a Christian Ideologist
- The Head master of the Board School
- Dr. Kesavan - A dr. in the Board School
- Mr. Nair - An officer at District Woods Part
- Ranga - A cart man
Cricketers mentioned [edit]
- Jack Hobbs
- Donald Bradman
- Duleep
- Maurice Tate
Cultural depictions [edit]
- Swami and Friends was adapted past histrion-director Shankar Nag into the television drama series Malgudi Days in 1986.[vii] The series was directed by Nag and Carnatic musician L. Vaidyanathan equanimous the score. R. K. Narayan'due south brother and acclaimed cartoonist R. K. Laxman was the sketch artist.[8]
Critical reception [edit]
On 5 Nov 2019 BBC News listed Swami and Friends on its list of the 100 most influential novels.[9]
References [edit]
- ^ Username * (2009-xi-15). "Malgudi Schooldays". Penguin Books India. Retrieved 2014-02-01 .
- ^ "R. K. Narayan (Indian writer) - Encyclopædia Britannica". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01 .
- ^ Pier Paolo Piciucco, A companion to Indian fiction in English language 2004, Atlantic Publishers & Dist
- ^ a b Pier Paolo Piciucco, A Companion to Indian Fiction in English (2004) Atlantic Publishers & Dist
- ^ "And so there was Mani, the Mighty Proficient-For-Nothin..." Quotes.wiki. 2017-11-01. Retrieved 2020-06-07 .
- ^ "A quote from Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The Night Room, The English Teacher". world wide web.goodreads.com . Retrieved 2020-06-07 .
- ^ "'You acted exactly as I imagined Swami to be'". Rediff.com. xvi May 2001. Retrieved 31 Baronial 2009.
- ^ "The render of Malgudi Days". Rediff.com. July 21, 2006. Retrieved 2009-08-28 .
- ^ "100 'most inspiring' novels revealed by BBC Arts". BBC News. 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2019-11-ten .
The reveal kickstarts the BBC'south year-long commemoration of literature.
External links [edit]
- Swami and Friends past RK Narayan - The Guardian review (2011)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_and_Friends
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