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But Susanna has a weakness for falling in love with the wrong men. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the years, Arun watches as Susanna becomes notorious as the merry widow who flits from one marriage to another, leaving behind a trail of dead husbands. It is only a matter of time before he too begins to wonder if there is any truth to the slanderous gossip surrounding the woman he is in love with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this gripping new novella of love and death, Bond revisits his previously published short story of the same name, included here in an appendix. 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The English translation, in the present edition, is printed opposite to the corresponding Sanskrit text for immediate and ready reference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a matter of great pleasure and a proud privilege for us to revise the edition of Malavikanismitram by late M R Kale, so as to suit the needs of present day students. Kale’s edition, with its scholastic and comprehensive contents has been very useful to students as well as to scholars and teachers and hence the same, in its revised form, is made available, to-day, by us. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe English translation, in the present edition, is printed opposite to the corresponding Sanskrit text for immediate and ready reference. We hope, that the present edition will be a useful and an enlightening one to the student and scholars alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Prakrta text, the Sanskrit commentary of Katayavema and the variant readings will, no doubt, help and enlighten the study of the play. 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