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| author = [[Peary Chand Mitra]]<br />
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'''''Alaler Gharer Dulal''''' (Bengali: ''আলালের ঘরের দুলাল'', published in 1857) is a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] novel by [[Peary Chand Mitra]] (1814-1883). The writer used the [[pseudonym]] ''Tekchand Thakur'' for this novel.<br />
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The novel describes the society of the nineteenth century Calcutta (also known as [[Kolkata]]), and the bohemian lifestyle of the protagonist named Matilal. The novel is a landmark in the history of Bengali language and [[Bengali literature]], as it used ''[[Bengali language#Spoken and literary variants|Cholitobhasa]]'' (colloquial form of the Bengali language) for the first time in print. The novel also happens to be one of the earliest Bengali novels.<ref>[[Hana Catherine Mullens]] wrote ''Phoolmani O Karunar Bibaran'' in 1852. This is regarded as the first novel in Bengali; ''Alaler Gharer Dulal'' was published in 1858, as per ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' page 423. Harinath Mazumdar wrote a novel ''Bijay Basanta'' at the same time as per ''Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Banga Samaj'', page 88.</ref> The simple prose style introduced in the novel came to be known as "Alali language". The novel was first published serially in a monthly magazine, ''Masik Patrika''. Later, a dramatised version was staged at the [[Bengal Theatre]] (January 1875).<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{cite book |last=Huq |first=Mohammad Daniul |year=2012 |chapter=Alaler Gharer Dulal |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Alaler_Gharer_Dulal |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}<br />
* Bhattacharya, Ramkrishna, [https://www.academia.edu/11876236 ''Alal'' in Translation]<br />
* ''Alaler Gharer Dulal'', Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo (1987) ed. Amaresh Datta, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA126 p. 126]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* https://archive.org/details/TheSpoiltChild<br />
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*{{wikisource-inline|The Spoilt Child|''The Spoilt Child''}}<br />
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