Raja Sharma: 876 books

It was the month of September. When I removed the curtain, the sun-rays began to enter the room. The golden sunlight pleased both body and mind. Some leaves on the trees in the garden outside were still green.A few minutes before, I had seen the gardener tending the lawn. Michael, the gardener,...

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“Bird by Bird” by Anne Lamott was first published in 1994. It is considered her best-known work. The book is inspired by the author’s own personal relationships. The story revolves around the author and her friends whom she often quotes. She also quotes her fellow writers at length. According...

She smiled as she stretched her arms, sucking in the warm morning breeze; she wanted to jump around delightfully in that garden because it brought her the beautiful memories of the days which she had spent with him in this beautiful place. Her long silky jet-black hair was dancing behind her. She...

“Endgame” by Samuel Beckett was originally written in French language, and it was titled “Fin de partie.” This one act play has been written in a style that happens to be associated with the Theatre of the Absurd. The entire plot of the play revolves around its four characters....

“The House on Mango Street” by Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros was first published in 1984. It is a coming-of-age novel that became very popular for its highly admirable writing style.The book tells the story of the central character Esperanza Cordero. She happens to be a young...

“The Scarlet Pimpernel” by Emma Orczy is a play and adventure novel. The play was first launched on 5th January 1905. The story is set after the beginning of the French Revolution, during the Reign of Terror.Sir Percy Blakeney is the title character. He happens to be a very rich English...

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is regarded as one of the finest piece of fiction in American English Literature.Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was born at the Hartford Female Academy. A teacher and an active social worker; Stowe was also an active abolitionist.Uncle Tom,...

The original title of the play is “Ngaahika Ndeenda.” The play was written by the Kenyan playwrights Ngugi wa Mirii and Ngugi wa Thiong. It was first performed in Kenya in 1977. The play was first performed in the playwright’s home village of Kamiriithu.The play was later translated into...

The Joads do not lose their dignity and they continue to possess the kindness which is so precious to them. Finally, when Rose of Sharon delivers an unborn baby, she has milk in her breasts. She suckles a starving man and saves his life. Can there be any bigger example of generosity than a mother who has just lost her new born baby and who is suckling a starving man to save his life?

“Farewell to Manzanar” by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston was first published in 1973. It is a detailed memoir that presents the experiences of Jeanne Wakatsuki and her family during the World War II.The book presents what they went through before, during, and after they were...

“Arcadia” by Tom Stoppard is a famous play written in 1993. The play revolves around the relationship between past and present and between order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. The play has been highly acclaimed and most of the critics consider it the finest play written by...

“The Hiding Place” revolves around the life of Corrie ten Boom. It was published in 1971. Corrie ten Boom wrote this book together with John and Elizabeth Sherrill.While John and Elizabeth Sherrill were busy doing their research for the book “God’s Smuggler,” they got the idea of...

There are innumerable hobbies and people keep changing their hobbies from time to time. Most of the meat-eating people enjoy eating fish but only few of them have access to fresh fish. They can either go fishing to catch fish, or visit a particular market where they can buy live fish, but it is not...