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How does Premchand depict the life of peasants in the novel Godan?

Premchand in his Novel Godan described the story of a peasant couple who were oppressed and suppressed by Landlords, moneylenders, priests, and colonial bureaucrats. They robbed their land and made them into landless laborers. Yet the couple was able to retain their dignity to the end.


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