Rajmohan is infuriated by this proposal and storms out. Madhav later directly talks to Rajmohan and asks him to work as a supervisor to his estate, promising that his family will be provided with a house in Radhaganj. Matangini later appealed to Hemangini to talk to Madhav about giving Rajmohan a job, a task which Hemangini struggles to fulfill. Ramkanai, though indolent and extravagant in nature (which caused him to lose almost his entire property, due to some people who continued to fleece his money from him), gave his son Madhav the best education that he can afford, and also had him marry a poor-yet-good natured woman named Hemangini (younger sister of Matangini), meanwhile Matangini married Rajmohan, a marriage organised by Matangini's father. Due to Ramkanta's wish, Mathur never got proper English education but was successfully taught how to manage his estate. After his demise, his property was divided among his three sons: Ramkanta (father of Mathur), Ramkanai (father of Madhav), and Ramgopal. Bangshibadan later shifted to Radhaganj and established his estate there, and lived his life to the fullest. Later the zamindari went to Bangshibadan's hand when the woman-who later became his second wife in the presence of his first wife-died. In a flashback, we get to see the rise of a Bengali zamindar family, when a young cook named Bangshibadan Ghose became the subject of attention of the woman who was handling the zamindari estate. Kanak and Matangini return to their respective homes, with Matangini being fearful of her husband's reaction. Madhav recognises her as Matangini, the wife of Rajmohan, who is also in Radhaganj. A sudden gust of wind removes the veil of the eighteen-year-old woman, revealing her face. Mathur was talking to Madhav about his recent arrival in Radhaganj after leaving Calcutta, when they both look out of their window and see Kanak and the eighteen-year-old married woman returning home. The elder one is Mathur Ghose and the younger one is Madhav Ghose. Meanwhile, in another place, two men-who are cousins-are seen conversing with each other. Albeit being afraid of her husband's reaction, the 18-year-old woman takes a pitcher and goes out with Kanak. After some persuasion, Kanak convinces the eighteen-year-old woman to accompany her to fetch water from the nearby river. The two women strike up a conversation, through which the thirty-year-old woman's name is revealed to be Kanakmayee, shortened to Kanak. An unnamed thirty-year-old woman awakens from an afternoon nap, dresses up and heads out of her house and goes to a nearby house, where she meets with an eighteen-year-old married woman. The novella opens one late afternoon in a remote village named Radhaganj in the Bengal Presidency. Tara: The first wife of Mathur and the childhood best friend of Madhav.Bhiku: The right-hand man of the Sardar.Mathur Ghose: The cousin brother of Madhav and the husband of Tara and Champak.Madhav Ghose: The husband of Hemangini.Hemangini: The younger sister of Matangini and the wife of Madhav.Rajmohan: The abusive husband of Matangini.Matangini: The eponymous "wife" of Rajmohan and the protagonist. XXI: The Last Chapters In Life's Book-And In This.XX: Some Women Are The Equals Of Some Men.IV: The History Of The Rise And Progress Of A Zemindar Family.The novella abruptly ended for unknown reasons, and later grew more obscure, until it was rediscovered and republished. The English-language novella, claimed by many to be the very first Indian novella, was published by a lesser-known periodical named Indian Field edited by Kishori Chand Mitra. Rajmohan's Wife (1864) is the debut novella of the Indian author Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
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