Kundalatha
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Kundalatha is a novel
by Appu Nedungadi
, published in 1887. It is considered to be the first Malayalam novel.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Appu Nedungadi
Appu Nedungadi
Appu Nedungadi is the name of Rao Bahadur T.M. Appu Nedungadi, author of Kundalatha, which was published in 1887, making it one of the earliest novels in Malayalam language, spoken in Kerala state, South India.....
, published in 1887. It is considered to be the first Malayalam novel.