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Write about the early Bengali novels.

The early Bengali novels lived in two worlds
Novels based on historical events. Novels based on domestic life in contemporary settings.
Domestic novels dealt with social problems and romantic relationships between men and women.
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was a famous Bengali novelist. His novels had ingenious twists and turns of the plot. There was suspense and the language was relished. The prose style of his novels became a new object of enjoyment. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s first novel was Durgeshnan.


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