Raja Sharma: 465 books

“The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd was first published in 2002. It is a coming-of-age story, set in 1964.Sue Monk Kidd had started writing “The Secret Life of Bees” as a short story in 1993. After several years, she decided to convert this short story into a novel. It was a...

“Bronx Masquerade” by Nikki Grimes was first published in 2002. It is a unique book owing to its nineteen different narrators.As the story opens, all of these characters are or will be enrolled in the same English class. Having joined that English class, all of them believe that they are...

“Hard Times by Charles Dickens was first published in 1854. It was the tenth novel written by this great English novelist.The book presents a highly descriptive portrayal of English society and the social and economic hardships which the people had to face.It happens to be the shortest...

When she found that book, she removed it from the shelf and carried it along to her bed room. The night passed in reading. The first light of the day was about to appear and she was about to read the last paragraph: …I have seen that life has its beautiful goods on display. We buy something,...

The difference between “house” and “home” is one more significant theme which needs to be discussed. Nora and Torvald had a house and they had three children. In that house, Nora lived under the dictates of her husband, though he loved her very much and spoke very politely to her. She danced...

“Nectar In a Sieve” by Kamala Markandaya was first published in 1954. The story revolves around the central character, Rukmani, the daughter of the village headman, and her husband, Nathan, a tenant farmer.The title of the novel has been taken from the famous line written by Samuel Taylor...

I was still lost in my thoughts and I did not notice when she left her place. Having composed herself, combing her hair and caressing the folds of her dress, she opened the door and stepped out.I did not leave my place and continued to remain in my state of repose. I began to think about the...

"Death of a Salesman" is one of the most watched and read play in the history of Modern English Literature. In this short treatise you will find the introduction to the author, brief introduction to the novel, description of the characters, plot summary, complete summary, and eventually...

“Bless Me, Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya was first published in 1972. It is considered to be one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed novel in the Chicano literary canon. The story of the novel revolves around the young protagonist, Antonio Marez y Luna. The protagonist describes...

Uncle Muja is a funny character created for children and elders; he conveys moral and ethical lessons through his adventures. He is not only funny but also full of extraordinary wit. His humour is highly intelligent and didactic and it will not only amuse children and elders but also inform and instruct...

They had already performed postmortem examination. When they removed his eyes, kidneys, lungs, and other organs, he had his eyes shut. Being a male nurse and a helping hand in the operation theatre, he had seen the repetition of this scene many times but this time it was different. He did not want...

Before the advent of Buddhism and emergence of Emperor Ashoka, there were hundreds of small kingdoms in South-East Asia. Most of the kingdoms were ruled by powerful and, often cruel, kings.The oceans in the regions teemed with sea pirates. The traders could only complete their voyages across...

In this fast paced world, people hardly get time to pause and think about the forces which motivate or retard them. They are immersed in their works so deeply, earning and arranging that there is hardly any time for them to read the stories which children used to read in the past. Nowadays,...

It is an unbiased account and there is nothing that has been deliberately mentioned to hurt the feelings of any individual, community, and religion. It is a work of fiction and there is no particular motive behind writing this story. The writer has mostly concentrated on the stylistic features of...