Literary giant Premchand's stories are the stories of the largest and most widespread section of the Indian society. He has written novels, short stories, plays, commentaries, essays, editorials and memoirs, although he was primarily a fiction writer. He has written 15 novels, more than 300 short stories, 3 plays, 10 translations, 7 children's books and editorials, lectures, prefaces, letters etc that run into thousands of pages. His novels, Godaan and Gaban, and his short stories, Shatranj ke Khilaadi , Kafan, etc. were made into films. Sevasadan, Premaashram, Rangbhumi, Karmabhumi, Nirmala etc. are his other prominent works.Mr. Deendayal, the zamindaar of Prayga's small village jalpa, only daughter of Manki, had longed for jewelery, especially Chandrahar, since childhood. She dreamed that Chandrahar would surely come for her at the time of marriage. When she was married to Ramnath, the idle son of servant Munshi Dayanath in the cout, there were more ornaments in the offering, Chandrahar was not there. Jalpa frustrated with this.
