This article is devoted to a comparison of two novels written by Munshi Premchand, the outstanding figure of Hindi literature, the king of novels, and Chinnappa Bharati, the famous writer of Tamil literature, the similarities and differences between Premchand’s novel “Destiny” and Chinnappa Bharati’s novel “Thirst” are examined. The novel “Destiny” reveals a difficult fate of the main character Hori, and the novel “Thirst” describes the problems of the poor peasant Marappan and his family. In these novels by the two creators, there are noticeable similarities in the ways of depicting rural life and the style of creating images.

novel, realism, “Kismat”, “Thirst”, community, rural life.

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