Answer:
Premchand's novels are
filled with all kinds of powerful characters drawn from all levels of society.
In his novels, one meets aristocrats and landlords, middle level peasants,
landless labourers, middle class professionals and people from poor families.
(i) The
central character of his novel Rangbhoomi, Surdas is a visually impaired beggar
from untouchable caste. We see in this novel, the forcible takeover of his land
for establishing a tobacco industry. What is thought provoking is the industrialization
and its impact on society and people.
(ii) Godan
is an epic of the Indian peasantry. It is about a peasant couple. Landlords, moneylenders,
priests and colonial bureaucrats all these who hold power in society, are
responsible for their oppression. Yet the couple, Hori and Dhania retain their
dignity to the end.
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