Book description
"My Reminiscences" is Rabindranath Tagore's 1917 memoir written just before he embarked on a trip to Europe and America in 1912 due to his bad health. Rabindranath Tagore FRAS (1861-1941) was a Bengali writer, poet, painter, and composer who is credited with reshaping Bengali and Indian art through Contextual Modernism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In 1913 he became the first non-European winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. "My Reminiscences" offers a unique insight into the life and mind of this amazing polyglot who single-handedly changed the face of literature, art and music on the Indian subcontinent. Contents include: "Teaching Begins", "Within and Without", "Servocracy", "The Normal School", "Versification", "Various Learning", "My First Outing", "Practising Poetry", "Srikantha Babu", "Our Bengali Course Ends", etc. Other notable works by this author include "The Fatal Hunt" (1882) and "The Play of Illusions" (1888). Read & Co. Books proudly republishing this classic autobiography now in a new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
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Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience