Raja and Rani
Bipin Kisore has squandered his fortune but can sing like an angel, so young Raja Chittaranjan takes him into his theatre company and treats him as a friend.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was a Bengali poet and writer whose stories often turn on family ties, longing, and the lives of ordinary people. Here you can read his stories, from “The Postmaster” and “Subha” to “The Cabuliwallah”; every story is free to read or listen to on Pagehush.
Gitanjali: Twelve Song Offerings
Songs of longing, joy and devotion from the book that won Rabindranath Tagore the 1913 Nobel Prize, in his own English.
My Fair Neighbour
The narrator secretly worships the young widow next door. His friend Nabin has caught the poetry bug and begs for help writing verses to a woman he loves.
The River Stairs
The old stone steps down to the river have watched the village for centuries, and they tell the story of Kusum, who came to bathe there as a little girl, came back a…
The Auspicious Vision
Kantichandra, a young widower who lives for hunting, glimpses a beautiful girl beside a lonely swamp and asks for her hand.
The Postmaster
A young postmaster from Calcutta is posted to a lonely village, where Ratan, an orphan girl, keeps house for him.
The Home-Coming
Phatik, a wild village boy of fourteen, is sent to live with his uncle's family in Calcutta.
The Victory
Shekhar, the court poet, has written his finest verses for Princess Ajita without ever seeing her face.
Once There Was a King
A grandmother begins the old story, "Once there was a king…", and the little boy listening wants only to know what happened next.
The Renunciation
Hemanta is deeply in love with his young wife Kusum. Then, on a moonlit spring night, he learns a secret about her past that could make his family cast them both out.
The Riddle Solved
Old Krishna Gopal, a famously pious zemindar, retires to Benares and leaves his estate to his strict modern son.
The Supreme Night
As children they played at being married, and everyone said what a lovely pair they made.
The Child's Return
Raicharan, a devoted servant, loses his master's little boy by the river.
The Skeleton
When the narrator was a boy, a human skeleton hung in the room where he learned anatomy.
The Cabuliwallah
Five-year-old Mini chatters with Rahmun, a big fruit-seller from Kabul, and the two become the best of friends.
The Kingdom of Cards
On a lonely island live the Kings, Queens, Aces and Knaves of the Kingdom of Cards, who do everything by the Rules and have never asked why.
The Babus of Nayanjore
Kailas Babu, the last of the once-great Babus of Nayanjore, is poor but keeps up every grand pretence.
The Elder Sister
Sasi's little brother Nilmani has lost their parents, and her husband Joygopal wants the boy's inheritance for himself.
Living or Dead?
Kadambini, a young widow, falls ill and seems to die. They carry her to the burning-ghat on a stormy night, and there she wakes.
The Castaway
During a storm, a young Brahmin boy is swept down the river to Kiran's house, and she takes him in.
The Devotee
A writer hiding from his critics in a country village is visited every evening by a wandering woman devotee who sings God's name and insists on seeing God in him.
“We Crown Thee King”
Nabendu loves everything English and longs for the Government to make him a Raja.
The Hungry Stones
A tax collector takes lodgings in an abandoned marble palace built by a Mughal king beside a lonely river.
Master Mashai
Haralal, a poor, hard-working student, becomes tutor to a rich man's little son, Venu, who loves him dearly.
The Crescent Moon
Tagore's poems of childhood, in his own English: a child dreaming of being a sailor, a hero, a star, a flower; a mother watching her baby sleep; paper boats sent down…
The Son of Rashmani
Kalipada is raised on his father's grand tales of the family's lost wealth.
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