ग़बन

Ramanath, a young clerk in Allahabad, cannot bear to disappoint his bride Jalpa, who loves jewellery, and begins to spend and promise more than he earns. Premchand's 1931 novel follows what a vain little lie about money grows into, in a city of clerks, shopkeepers and the growing freedom movement; this edition is divided into fifteen long parts.

Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.