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'''''Swami Vivekananda in the West: New Discoveries''''' is a series of biographical books on [[Swami Vivekananda]] written by Marie Louise Burke, who is popularly known as [[Sister Gargi]]. There are six volumes in the series.<ref name="Swami Vivekananda : a reassessment">{{cite book|last=Sil|first=Narasingha P.|title=Swami Vivekananda : a reassessment|year=1997|publisher=Susquehanna Univ. Press [u.a.]|location=Selinsgrove|isbn=0945636970|pages=185}}</ref>  This series of books was first published in two volumes in 1957. In 1983-87 these series was republished in six volumes.<ref name="Swami Vivekananda in India : a corrective biography">{{cite book|last=Chattopadhyaya|first=Rajagopal|title=Swami Vivekananda in India : a corrective biography|year=1999|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers|location=Delhi|isbn=8120815866|pages=326|edition=1st}}</ref> The book is high acclaimed not just in India but also in the [[Vedanta]] circles around the world.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/01/22/stories/2004012211301200.htm|title=Sister Gargi dead |date=2004-01-22|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=2013-06-05}}</ref>

Swami Vivekananda spent a number of years (from 1893) teaching and lecturing in the West (specially in America and England). Sister Gargi researched for many years and then published her findings in these works.<ref name="Books on Vivekananda VO">{{cite web|title=Books on Vivekananda|url=http://www.vivekananda.org/books.asp|publisher=http://www.vivekananda.org/|accessdate=15 April 2012}}</ref> These books present unknown facts regarding Swami Vivekananda's life and works in America from 1893-1896 and, during his second visit, from 1899–1900.<ref name="Swami Vivekananda Prophet of the Modern Age">{{cite book|title=Swami Vivekananda Prophet of the Modern Age|publisher=Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture|isbn=81-87332-04-2|pages=Preface|author=Marie Louise Burke|authorlink=Sister Gargi}}</ref>

The six volumes provide an exhaustive account of the time Swami Vivekananda spent in west, specially in America and Europe.<ref name="Swami Vivekananda in the West VP">{{cite web|title=Swami Vivekananda in the West|url=http://www.vedanta.com/store/sw_vivekananda_in_the_west_new_discoveries.htm|publisher=Vedanta Press|accessdate=21 April 2012}}</ref>