The Dark Room is a novel written by R.K.Narayan, the well-known English-language novelist from India.

This work of literature was first published in Great Britain in 1938 by Macmillan & Co., Ltd. London.

Savitri is a submissive wife who listens to all the harsh abuses sent out to her by her husband Ramani.

Ramani works for the elite Engladia Insurance Company and will do anything to satisfy his bosses.

Savitri would flee to her dark room when she could not tolerate the pangs of intolerance and maltreatment meted out to her unfairly.