Describe how the works of munshi premchand reflected the social conditions of the indian society in the early 20th century through their novels like godan,sevasadan etc.
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Munshi Premchand's three works reflected the social conditions of the Indian society in the early 20th century: Sewasadan, Rangbhoomi, and Godan.
1. Sewasadan:
i) Sewasadan reflected the poor conditions of women in the society.
ii) It also dealt with issues like child marriage, dowry and other social evils prevalent in the society.
iii) It also tells about the ways in which the Indian upper classes used whatever little opportunities they got from colonial authorities to govern themselves.
2. Rangbhoomi
i) Rangbhoomi is a novel about a visually-impaired beggar called Surdas.
ii) Trouble came to him when his land was forcibly taken over for construction of a tobacco factory.
iii) The rest of the novel shows his struggle against the factory to gain back his land.
iv) The entire novel is based on Gandhi's personality and ideas.
3. Godan
i) Godan is Premchand's best known work.
ii) It is an epic about the Indian peasantry. It's about the story of two peasant couple called Hori and Dhania.
iii) Landlords, moneylenders and the British form a network of oppression and rob their land, leaving them landless.
iv) The rest of their story is about how they retain their dignity till the end.