A Ghostly Wife And Other Stories:folk Tales Of Bengal

Tale(katha)forms a major part of Bengali prose literature and is sub-divided into many genres including rupakatha, bratakatha and upakatha. Rupakathas are usually about an anonymous king of an unnamed land. 'Once upon a time there was a king'(Ek je chhilo raja) is there typical beginning. Except the hero and the heroine, the other characters are usually referred to in accordance to their social standing or professions. This rupakatha collection is one of the first and the first and the finest attempts to compile these treasues from Bengali folk literature.