Abstract: The topic which I have taken for my term paper is about the depiction of wives and widows in Bankim Chandra Chatterjee novels Krishnakanta will, Bishabriksha, Devi Chaudhrani and Indira. I am mainly focusing on the way how Bankim is writing about the condition of women in contemporary Bengali society and at the same time also describing the conflict between their personal desires and social expectations.