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Manonmani
The story of Manonmani is taken from the pioneering play Manonmaniyam, written by the playwright Sundaram Pillai in the 19th century. Though Tamil literature had a rich heritage of poetry and prose, it surprisingly had no plays till Sundaram Pillai, a great admirer of Shakespeare, first introduced it as a literary form. Manonmani is the story of a princess who finds love in the middle of a web of political intrigue and betrayals.
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32 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 3, 2012
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November 28, 2022
Wonderful tale of love found in the midst of high court treachery. It is amazing how often the powerful fail to grasp there position; how greed and a constant craving for more power can be the fatal flaw that takes everything away from you. A story that reminded me of this very important universal lesson.
June 25, 2020
This book tells us the story of Pandya princess Manonmani, who was the only child of the weak Jeevaka Pandya. I felt really angry when I saw the wicked minister of the Pandya, Kudilan, shifting the capital from Madurai to Tirunelveli to get the King's Guru out of the way and marry his son to the princess. It was clever of the sage to build a hut inside the king's fort so that he can keep an eye on the minister. I was surprised to see that the Chera king appered in Manonmani's dream and that she appeared in the Chera King's dream. I felt ver angry to see that Kudilan was always following the king, even into his fortress and the Guru's hermitage. Some details on the birth and death of the princess could have been added. Overall, this was an excellent book.
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