Raja: 563 books

“Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse was first published in 1922. The novel was originally published in German language. It was written in a very simple and lyrical style.The story illustrates the spiritual journey of a man named Siddhartha who discovers himself in the process. It was the ninth...

We studied at Glorious English Academy, the best high school in our town. Our headmaster, Pundit Hari Prasad, was very impressed by our manners, our discipline, and our studies. Both Dheeraj and I were counted among the good students at school.I remember being the student of seventh grade in...

It was a day to remember, a day to forget; a day when life struggled to breathe through deaths chokehold and survived; a day when death was diminished in the knowledge that it was he who was transient, and life that is eternal. It was a day to mourn, a day to rejoice. It was the night when the sky...

“Joseph Andrews” by Henry Fielding was first published in 1742. The novel is also titled “The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams.”It is considered to be one of the first novels in the English language. The author defined the novel as a comic...

“The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving was first published in 1824. The story was published in a collection of stories called “Tales of a Traveller.” It is generally said that the present story is quite similar to the story of the ancient Germen legend of Faust.It is said that the...

Matthew was watching all this with his watery eyes. He ran up to the nearest store and bought a bottle of mineral water and rushed back to the spot where he had left Jesus. He was sure that he would be able to go near the Christ and give Him the bottle of water. He wanted to go near Christ,...

“We” by the Russian novelist Yevgeny Zamyatin was first published in 1924 in New York. The English translation was done by Gregory Zilboorg.The author had completed writing the novel in the year 1921, but it took him three more years to have it published.It is a dystopian novel set...

This book includes the introduction and summary of 25 all time best classics. Most of these books are prescribed in the academic institutions in various parts of the world, so the present book is sure to prove a great help to the students and teachers of English Literature. Chapter 1: 1984 Chapter...

According to Harold Pinter, he wrote “The Caretaker” while he and his wife were living in Chiswick. There are some events in the play which clearly seem to be drawn on those events which had taken place in Pinter’s own life at the time.The owner of the flat where Pinter lived was like...

The story of the novel is presented form the first person point of view. Stevens, a butler, is the narrator of the story and the narration has been presented in the form of a diary.The story revolves around Steven’s professional and personal relationship with Miss Kenton, his former colleague...

The book describes the lives of the Holbrook family. It shows their struggle to survive during the 1920s. They happen to be a working class family.The book also deals with the themes of motherhood, socioeconomic order, and pre-depression era. When the book was first published, it was published...

“The Spanish Tragedy” is said to be one of the best Elizabethan tragedies written by Thomas Kyd. It is said to have been written between 1582 and 1592. The play was highly popular in its time, and it created a deep impact on the minds of the readers and viewers. This very play established...

“The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man” by James Weldon Johnson was first published anonymously in 1912 by Sherman, French, and Company in New York. The story revolves around a young biracial man, called “Ex-Colored Man” in the book. He happens to be living in post Reconstruction period...

Despite all this, he felt that something was missing. He had thought words, produced words, arranged words, and created wonderful stories for his millions of readers but the very thing which he wanted to happen in his life was missing. That evening, while he was driving home from the house...