Raja Sharma: 465 books

“Legs” by William Kennedy was first published in 1975. It is the author’s first book in Albany Cycle.The novel tells the story of the life of a gangster called Jack ‘Legs’ Diamond. Marcus Gormen is Jack’s lawyer.The story is told from the lawyer’s perspective. “Legs”...

I started excavated the sleeping ideas and decided to give them the shapes of essays, articles, and stories to help my students develop the art of writing. In this series I am presenting random writings which are definitely going to help school and college students if you are pursuing your...

“The Awakening” by Kate Chopin is considered to be her best work. It was first published in 1899. The story is set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana coast at the end of the 19th century. The story revolves around Edna Pontellier. The story depicts her struggle to reconcile...

They take you away from the normal natural breathing and load you with a fear that your normal breathing is wrong. Now you have a fear in your mind and you begin to breathe as the guru has taught you. It has brought fearIn the Western world things are very important, the things which they are...

To complete the writing of the present book, the author is said to have isolated himself for three months and gone to Switzerland.He had been carrying the ideas in his mind since his early teens. In Switzerland he gave shape to the ideas and revised them before bringing them out in the form...

“The Bonfire of the Vanities” by Tom Wolfe was first published in 1987. The story is set in the 1980s in New York City. It explores themes such as racism, ambition, politics, social class, and greed.The story revolves around three major characters, Sherman McCoy, Larry Kramer, and Peter...

“Looking for Alaska” by John Green was first published in March 2005. It is the author’s first young adult novel. The book received Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association in the year 2006.The novel was inspired by the authors’ own education at Indian Springs School...

“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...

“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...