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Title

  • Who is the Murderer?

Summary

  • Panchkori Dey (also seen as Babu Panch Kori Dey, 1873--1945) was a Bengali writer of detective fiction, best known for two of his characters: Arindam Bosu, a dhoti-wearing detective working in India and Europe, and Jumelia, a cunning and wicked criminal. Dey was influenced by 19th-century European writers of criminal romances, such as Wilkie Collins and Emile Gaboriau. Hatyakari Ke? (Who is the murderer?) was first published in Bengali in about 1903; the edition presented here is a later Urdu translation. The plot revolves around a father who arranges his daughter's marriage to a characterless boy out of greed, in defiance of the wishes of his family and friends. The social evil of arranged marriages, particularly the suffering of the girls involved, is a theme of the novel.

Names

  • Dey, Panchkori, 1873--1945 Author

Created / Published

  • Lahore, Pakistan : Parkash Steem Press, 1920.

Headings

  • -  1903
  • -  Arranged marriage
  • -  Bengali fiction

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 64 pages ; 17.7 x 11.5 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Government College University Lahore.
  • -  Content in Urdu.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666213

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Chicago citation style:

Dey, Panchkori, 1873. Who is the Murderer?. Lahore, Pakistan: Parkash Steem Press, 1920. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666213/.

APA citation style:

Dey, P. (1920) Who is the Murderer?. Lahore, Pakistan: Parkash Steem Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666213/.

MLA citation style:

Dey, Panchkori, 1873. Who is the Murderer?. Lahore, Pakistan: Parkash Steem Press, 1920. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666213/>.