In the fall of 1911, Alexandre Lautens, an ambitious French philologist, sweeps into a remote part of India to study the Telugu language. Hosted by a local wealthy landowner and his family, Lautens arrives at a moment of change for the Adivis: Mohini, the younger and strikingly beautiful daughter is
Thomas Hayward, Grammarian
β Scribed by Vivian Salmon
- Book ID
- 105225164
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1959
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 763 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-2677
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