The Bachelor of Arts
| The Bachelor of Arts | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | R. K. Narayan |
| Country | India |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Nelson |
| Publication date | 1937 |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 8871102060 |
| OCLC Number | 6305101 |
| Dewey Decimal | 823 |
| LC Classification | PR9499.3.N3 B3 1980 |
| Preceded by | Swami and Friends |
| Followed by | The Dark Room |
The Bachelor of Arts (1937) is a novel written by R. K. Narayan. It is the second book of a trilogy that began with Swami and Friends and ended with The English Teacher. It is again set in Malgudi, the fictional town Narayan invented for his novels.
[edit] Plot summary
The story explores the transition of an adolescent mind into adulthood. It revolves around a young guy named Chandran, who resembles a typical Indian upper middle class youth of the pre-independence era. First, Chandran's college life in late colonial times is described. After graduation, he falls in love with a girl, but will be rejected by the bride's parents, since his horoscope describes him as a manglik, a condition in which a manglik can only marry another manglik and if not, the non-manglik will die. Frustrated and desperate, he embarks on a journey as Sanyasi. On his journey he meets many people and he is also misunderstood as a great sage by some villagers. Due to the compunctions and the realizations, he decides to return home. He takes up a job as a newsagent and decides to marry, in order to please his parents, thinking of the discomfort he had caused them earlier.
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