History World: 42 books

It is said that Dean Myers had a very troubled young age. Even as a young man, he struggled with his speech and it hindered him from expressing himself openly and completely.Owing to his this particular speech shortcoming, he was often ridiculed by his classmates and teachers. They deduced...

“War and Peace” by one of the most famous and respected Russian authors, Leo Tolstoy, was first published in 1869. It is an epic novel and often considered to be one of the most significant works of world literature.Although most of the works of Leo Tolstoy are highly admired and most widely...

The narrator of the novel is Oskar Schell, a nine-year old boy. The story basically revolves around Oskar’s discovery of a key in a vase that belonged to his father and search around New York to get more information about the key.The story is written in first person narrative; however, the...

“One Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich” by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn was first published in 1962. It was first published in the form of a story in the Soviet literary magazine “Novy Mir” (New World).When the author was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, “One Day In the...

The book was highly admired by both critics and readers. It went on to win several prestigious literary awards. It has its distinct place in University English Literature classes around the world.When the book was published, the New York Times described it as ‘A marvelously enigmatic novel,...

The story is about a Syrian-American Muslim, Abdulrahman Zeitoun. He was born and brought up in Syria.He worked for a few years as an apprentice in Jableh, the port city in Syria. After that he worked for twenty years as a muscleman, engineer, and fisherman. His job as a fisherman provided...

“Sula” by Toni Morrison was first published in 1973. It was the author’s second novel. The novel revolves around the life experiences of two black girls.Unlike the experiences of the two black girls in her first novel “The Bluest Eye,” “Sula” also describes the experiences of...

Tsitsi Dangarembga is one of the few Zimbabwean writers who have found their distinct place in the world literature scenario. Having spent most of her childhood in England, Tsitsi went back to Africa and completed her higher studies there. However, she later did her Medical studies at Cambridge University,...

The protagonist of the novel, Julien Sorel, is an intelligent and ambitious man from a poor family, a carpenter’s son. He has very high ambitions, but he does not understand the ways of the world, yet he wants to conquer it. He wants to rise high in his life.He has very high romantic illusion,...

“The Visit” asks several questions. It questions Swiss neutrality during the Second World War. It also puts a question mark on the rise of fascism. The play also points critically to the rise of capitalism in the 1950s. Eventually, it tries to ask questions about the general corruptibility of...

“The Sovereignty and Goodness of God” by Mary Rowlandson is also titled “The Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson.” The book was first published in 1682. It is said to be one of America’s first bestsellers.Mary Rowlandson was a colonial American woman. Once, Native Americans...

There is an interesting story behind the conception of the novel. It is said that Isabel Allende got the news that her one hundred year-old grandfather was dying. She started writing a letter to her grandfather. This very letter, eventually, became manuscript of “The House of the Spirits.”The...

The story explores the mental trauma and changes in behavior shown by the soldiers who have come back from the war.“All Quiet On the Western Front” was first published in the German newspaper Vissische Zeitung in the year 1928. After one year it was published in the book form.In...

“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf” by Ntozake Shange was first performed in 1974.It was the playwright’s first work and it was immediately declared most acclaimed theatre piece.The play includes a series of poetic monologues. These monologues...