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R. K. Narayan

The Vendor of Sweets

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

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Do you believe the author is an optimist? Why or why not?

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Whose life in the novel do you consider the most successful? Why?

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Who do you believe has more useful ideas about India’s society, Mali or Jagan? Why?

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