Saheb Bibi Golam

Saheb Bibi Golam is a 1953 Bengali novel written by Bimal Mitra (1912–1991) and is set in Calcutta, India during the last years of the nineteenth century.

[2] The novel tells the story of the sumptuous lifestyle and the decay of a feudal family.

It is the story of Pateshwari aka Chhoto Bou, a woman who wants to experience romance, to be a real wife, to invent for herself and live a new kind of conjugality.

The novel was adapted into Bengali film, Saheb Bibi Golam (King, Queen, Knave) in 1956, starring Sumitra Devi, Uttam Kumar and Chhabi Biswas.

[4] The title Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam is translated in English as King, Queen and Knave.