{"product_id":"manadasundarir-kantha","title":"Manadasundarir Kantha","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"32\" data-end=\"59\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"32\" data-end=\"43\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tapas Ray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"84\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"82\"\u003eBook Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"213\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"115\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"97\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Novel (Upanyas)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"140\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"129\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"168\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"152\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9789350408605\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"187\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"181\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"188\" data-end=\"213\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"201\"\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 293 grams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"561\"\u003e📖 \u003cstrong data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"231\"\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"234\"\u003eSet in \u003cstrong data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"264\"\u003e19th-century Bengal\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"266\" data-end=\"289\"\u003eManadasundarir Kantha\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of \u003cstrong data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"327\"\u003eManada Sundari\u003c\/strong\u003e, a \u003cstrong data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"357\"\u003ethirteen-year-old girl\u003c\/strong\u003e who is married to \u003cstrong data-start=\"376\" data-end=\"392\"\u003eKrishnamohan\u003c\/strong\u003e, a fifty-year-old \u003cstrong data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"434\"\u003ezamindar (landlord)\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cstrong data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"462\"\u003eChaugacha, Jessore\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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