Malela Jeev

Malela Jeev
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AuthorPannalal Patel
Original titleમળેલા જીવ
TranslatorRajesh I. Patel
LanguageGujarati
SubjectRomantic tragedy
GenreNovel
Set inAhmedabad, Gujarat
PublisherSanjeevani
Publication date
1941 (20th ed. in 2014)
Publication placeIndia
Published in English
2014
Media typePrint (Paperback & Hardcover)
Pages272 (Gujarati ed. 2014)
ISBN978-93-80126-00-5
OCLC21052377
891.473
LC ClassPK1859.P28 M3

Malela Jeev (Gujarati: મળેલા જીવ; English: The United Souls) is a Gujarati language romance novel written by Pannalal Patel.[1] Alongside Manvini Bhavai, it is one of Patel's two most widely acclaimed novels. It is a romantic tragedy of Kanji and Jivi, born in different castes. It follows the troubles they face in their love story.[2]

  1. ^ Subodh Kapoor (2002). The Indian Encyclopaedia: Gautami Ganga -Himmat Bahadur. Vol. 9. New Delhi: Cosmo Publications. p. 2718. ISBN 978-81-7755-266-9. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ^ Patel, Rajesh I. (12 May 2011). "Chapter 2". Translation of Pannalal Patel's "Malela Jeev" from Gujarati into English with critical introduction (Thesis). Rajkot: Department of English & Comparative Literary Studies, Saurashtra University. hdl:10603/3222.