Pratigya

Description

The novel ‘Pratigya’ is a vivid depiction of the compulsions and destiny of an Indian woman living suffocated in adverse circumstances. 
Pratigya ‘s protagonist, widower Amritrai, wants to marry a widow so that the life of a young woman is not destroyed. , Poorna the heroin is an unsupported widow. The hungry wolves of the society want to destroy his accumulation. In the novel, Premchand has presented the widow problem in a new form and has also suggested an alternative. This book also contains Premchand’s last and incomplete novel Mangalsutra. He was able to write only a very small part of it. It is a work immediately following Godan in which the author was at the height of his powers.