Godaan
Completed Fiction
Classics
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Hori, an aging peasant farmer, wants nothing more in life than to own a cow, a small dream that becomes an impossible burden of debt, caste obligation, and village politics that will consume everything he has. Around him, Premchand builds an entire world of moneylenders, landlords, and reformers, of a son who defies tradition for love and a daughter married off before her time, painting rural India with unflinching honesty and deep compassion. Widely considered the greatest Hindi novel ever written, Godaan is a quietly devastating portrait of poverty and dignity that has lost none of its power a century later.
Last updated August 4, 2026 · Public Domain
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Table of Contents
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 23
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Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
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Chapter 26
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Chapter 27
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Chapter 28
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Chapter 29
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Chapter 30
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Chapter 31
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Chapter 32
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Chapter 33
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Chapter 34
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Chapter 35
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Chapter 36
