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Followed by Manomoti (1900) Country Assam | 4.2/5 Goodreads Publication date 1894 Originally published 1894 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Miri Jiyori (Assamese: মিৰি জীয়ৰী; literally: The Miri Maiden) is an Assamese novel written by Rajanikanta Bordoloi. It was the first Assamese novel published in 1894. The book unveils some important aspects of then-contemporary Mising society and a series of their customs and traditions. It is a social novel based on a simple love story.
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Miri Jiyori (1894) is a love story by Rajanikanta Bordoloi set in the Miri (now referred to as the Misings) community. A passionate story about doomed love, it was written at a time when the novel as a literary form was yet in a nascent stage. With a deeply sympathetic portrayal of a young Miri couple who matured from being childhood companions to a deeply committed but doomed couple in love, the novel is also a statement on the Mising community as well as a compassionate plea of humanism. (Note: this text is taken from Tezpur University website)