describe the opening scence of the story the price of flower by prabhat kumar mukhopadhyay
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THE PRICE OF FLOWERS – SUMMARY -PRABHAT KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY
THE PRICE OF FLOWERS – PRABHAT KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION:
The Price of Flowers is a short story which is written by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay. It was written in Bengali and it has been translated into English by Lila Ray. The Price of Flowers is a touching story by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadyay. The story was set in London during the pre independence era. In this story Mukhopadhyay had portrayed the life of a poor English family. Mr.Gupta is the narrator of this short story who was an Indian civil servant undergoing training in London.
CONTENT:
Gupta was an Indian living in London. Once he met an English girl in a vegetarian restaurant. Her name was Alcie Margaret Clifford. She was called Maggie. She was thirteen years old. She was working as a typist in a nearby office. She belonged to a poor family. She wanted to know if Gupta was an Indian. Her brother Frank was in Military service in India. Mrs Clifford, Maggie’s mother thinks that India was a land of tigers, snakes and fevers. So her mother was worried about her son.
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