For five years, Prafulla changes, learning the ways of the bandit. They live during the height of British power, and he shows her the atrocities of the British Raj. The man takes her in and begins to teach her about the world around them. She runs into Bhabani Pathak, a notorious bandit. Despite finding the house and being taken in at first, she is sent out by her father-in-law. She flees the house, hoping to find her in-laws’ house, with only the knowledge of the father-in-law’s name and the name of the village. However, the neighbours plan to sell Prafulla into a life of prostitution. Prafulla’s mother soon follows after him, and she is taken under the care of her seemingly friendly neighbours. His hands tied by Hindu society’s edict against divorce and remarriage, Prafulla’s father dies, leaving his family without any money. Angered, the father-in-law shuns her, and this leaves her father heartbroken that his daughter is left without a husband. On the day of her wedding, her father and father-in-law have an ugly spat. Summary of the Book Prafulla is a young girl whose destiny seems to have only bad news for her. This first volume of the graphic novel series adapts the story into English for modern readers. Devi Chaudhurani is a revolutionary novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterji.
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