History World: 42 books

The story explores some contemporary issues. The United States government passed the legislation allowing stem-cell research in the year 2001. It was also passed by the United Kingdom in the year 2004.Several questions began to be raised about cloning through the research which was directed...

The story revolves around the lives of five sisters, the Lisbon girls. The people living in their community are quite fascinated by the acts of these five sisters because they can’t explain for their acts.There are five daughters in the family and they are Cecilia, Lux, Bonnie, Mary, and...

The story revolves around the death of the title character Ilyich Golovin. He dies at the age of 45. Ilyich happens to be a high-court judge in the 19th century Russia. On the surface it appears that he is living a very good life, but he has very strained relationship with his wife.While hanging...

The play presents a vivid and frequently violent picture of lust and ambition in an Italian court. The tone of the play is satiric and cynicism of Jacobean tragedy is quite noticeable.Some time before the restoration of the theatres in 1660, “The Revenger’s Tragedy” lost its appeal and...

The entire play revolves around the meeting of cab drivers who happen to be planning a labor strike. Through the dramatic device of framing, the playwright makes the audience a part of the meeting.Before this play, Odets had written several other plays but they were not produced. “Waiting...

The first public enactment of the play took place after more than thirty years of its writing. It was publicly performed in London in 1925.On the other hand, “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” opened in New Haven, CT and New York City, in the United States in 1905.The first night performance...

“The Quiet American” by Graham Greene was first published in England in 1955. The following year the book was published in the United States. It is an anti-war novel that describes the events drawn on the author’s own experiences as a war correspondent. The author was the war correspondent for...

“Ellen Foster” by Kaye Gibbons was first published in 1987. This novel by the American author was an instant success. Both critics and readers admired the writing style and the presentation of the story.In October 1997, “Ellen Foster” was selected in Oprah’s Book Club. The story revolves...

Richard Perry is the central character. He is a young man. He lives in Harlem, New York City, amidst his troubled neighborhood; however, he continues to hold onto his dreams.Although he is very intelligent, Perry can’t afford to pay for his higher studies at a college. Consequently, he enlists...

In "Go Tell It on the Mountain", the author has made several references to the Holy Bible. The story of Ham is the most significant of all. The story of Ham goes like this in short: Ham was the son of Noah. One day, he saw his father naked. Noah was furious and he cursed Ham’s son Canaan that he...

According to Angela Carter, she started working on “Wise Children” after she had come to know that she had cancer. It was really very difficult for her because she would be leaving a small son and a husband behind her.Some of the lines in the novel very eloquently reflect the author’s...

The play primarily criticizes the sexually-oppressive culture that prevailed in the 19th century in Germany. Erotic fantasies have been very skillfully dramatized in this play.The play explores several controversial themes such as sexuality, rape, child abuse, puberty, homosexuality, suicide,...

“Dangerous Liaisons” is titled “Les Liaisons dangereuses” in French. This French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos was highly acclaimed when it was first published in 1782. The novel was first published in four volumes. The story revolves around two rivals and ex-lovers,...

The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States. The clothing...