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No. of Pages=272<br> Originally published in Bengali in 1912,Tagore's Jivan Smriti, an account of the first twenty-seven years of his life,came out in English in 1917.<br>Starting with an account of his spartan upbringing in a large joint family under the strict discipline of family retainers,Tagore continues the story with his early education,his first real acquaintance with his ascetic father on a trip to the Himalayas, his apprenticeship in poetry, music and theatre under the tutelage of his remarkable cousin,Jyotirindranath Tagore,his first visit to England,and the composition of his earliest works.<br>The book ends with an important death,that of Jyotrindranath's wife,a death which deeply affected Tagore's poetic personality.