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 Sacrifice and Other Plays

Including Sanyasi, or the Ascetic, Malini, Sacrifice, and The King and the Queen

Cast in dramatic form, these plays are intended for the reading public rather than for stage presentation. The scenes are laid in India with native characters. The underlying motive of each is the seeking of the real amid the unreal–whether love as it appeared to the awakened sense of the ascetic; or the vision of the soul, piercing the shams of the priest to the preception of Deity. That the qualities of Sir Rabindranath Tagore’s literary genius well fit him for the writing of plays, his published books have already demonstrated.

My Reminiscences

“We are taken into his very bosom, and are permitted to watch the processes of the development of his mental and spiritual natures, and thus acquire such understanding and ability to appreciate his writings as could be got in no other way. If there are–as we suspect–those who are at a loss to interpret for themselves the meaning of Sir Rabindranath Tagore’s poems, dramas, essays, and what not, they are advised to read this most interesting volume. It will serve as a key to and an illumination of his other works, besides well repaying perusal for its own sake.”–New York Tribune.