Premchand Quotes on Literature

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Authentic quotations from Premchand on literature, language, story-writing, novels, art, criticism, society, and the writer's role

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A story is like a dhrupad melody in which the singer displays his full talent as soon as the gathering begins.

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The field of the novel is far wider than that of the other fine arts.

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Every mystery of nature and every aspect of human life can become a subject of the novel.

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The emotions of joy and sorrow, love and affection, jealousy and hatred are common to all human beings.

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Literature is the same work that expresses truth, uses mature, refined and beautiful language, and has the power to affect the heart and mind.

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The writer is not a truth that follows behind patriotism and politics, but a truth that walks ahead of them, showing the way with a torch.