Raja Sharma: 465 books

Yes, Capri had died. He called the Fire Brigade and gave them the number of the flat. A crane was brought and a fireman climbed onto the balcony. Her dead body was brought down from the balcony. There was nothing unusual in her death because many incidents like that were reported in Denmark. In some...

The world of stories is so enchanting and vast that there is always scope for innumerable new ideas and styles. Some write to give vent to their emotions and it is a kind of catharsis to them, some write to instruct and teach and it is a platform whence they are able to show their superiority over...

“Around the World in Eighty Days” by the French writer Jules Verne was first published in 1873. It is one of the most widely read books in the history of literature. It is a classic adventure novel.The story moves around the adventures of Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French...

Thoughts which always seem to be in the back of our minds, but are never truly brought forth to consider the beauty and rhythms of the natural wonders with which this planet, and Man, have been blessed. Until they are given meaningful substance--more than a vague recognition, at any rate, and laid...

“Phaedra” by great Greek philosopher and dramatist Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a famous play based on a mythological tale.The story of the play revolves around Phaedra, wife of King Theseus of Athens, and her insatiable lust for her stepson, Hippolytus.Greek Mythology and the tragedy...

“Sounder” by William H. Armstrong was first published in 1969. It is a young adult novel. The story revolves around an African-American boy who happens to be living with his sharecropper family.As the time passes, the family gets into more difficulties because of the imprisonment of the...

“Obasan” by Joy Kogaw was first published in 1981. The novel by this Japanese-Canadian author chronologically describes Canada’s internment and persecution of the Canadian citizens of Japanese descent during the Second World War.The story is told from the perspective of a young child....

“Woman at Point Zero” by Nawal El Saadawi was first published in Arabic language in 1975. The novel’s story is based on the author’s encounter with a female prisoner in Qanatir Prison.Firdaus happens to be a murderess. The novel presents her first-person account. She agrees to tell...

The play is not set in modern times. It is set during the Thirty Years’ War of 1618-1648. The play revolves around a wily canteen woman, nicknamed Mother Courage. She works with the Swedish Army. She is quite courageous and she has decided to make her living from the war. Anna Fierling or...

“Out of Africa” by Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke was first published in 1937. Blixen had spent seventeen years in Kenya. In those days, Kenya was called ‘British East Africa.’The book describes the events which took place during her seventeen years in Kenya. It presents a kind of...

“The House of Mirth” by Edith Wharton was first published in 1905. The book tells the story of Lily Bart. She is a well-born woman, but she is rendered without any money in the high society of New York City.She was born in a rich family and brought up well. She was educated to become wife...

PrefaceNo Woods to Stop by!BC to ADMy Dancing GodHumanityOh...World!Departed.....Tears!Poetic PriestA Tribute to a Forgotten PoetThen You Slowly Come to MeNothing RemainsDeath of PoesyNow I SpeakNo "Coming" NowThe Dark BossPromise KeptQuest for HumanBlue FlowerI Wondered !Christmas GiftLife's...

“The Man of Mode” is subtitled “Sir Fopling Flutter.” This play by George Etherege was written in 1676. It is a Restoration Comedy.The play was first performed on 2nd March 1676. The play revolves around the attempts of the libertine Dorimant while he is trying to win over the young...

“Wonder” by R. J. Palacio was first published on 14th February 2012. It is a children’s novel. It was a highly successful book, and it won several prestigious awards.The book was on the Best Seller List of the New York Times and the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List. The book won Maine...