This text introduces the Indian heroine, Kamala, into women's fiction in English. A tragic story of a high-caste Hindu woman's experiences as a child-wife, mother and widow, it deals with questions of social and historical change.

"Kamala, The Story of a Hindu Life" introduces the Indian heroine into women's fiction in English. A tragic story of a high-caste Hindu woman's experiences as a child-wife, mother and a widow, it deals with significant questions of social and historical change. The novel, described as an archival treasure in both literary and sociological terms, is reintroduced exactly a century after it was published.