Among the works of Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyaya Pather Panchali and Aparajitudu can be described as biographic novels where as Chandragiri Sikharam is children literature. In Vanavasi, the writer presents a part of his own story through the character of Satyacharan. In contrast, in Doorantaram the story revolves around a Zamindari family in the background of sweeping social changes.