Raja Sharma: 876 books

“Dicey’s Song” by Cynthia Voigt was a highly successful novel. It was an instant success when it was first published. The book received the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children’s literature in the year 1983.Cynthia Voigt, the author of the present novel, was the second...

“The Shipping News” by E. Annie Proulx was first published in 1993. The present novel was the result of several letters and comments that the author had received after the publication of her first novel, which according to the readers and reviewers seemed dark.The present novel was an experiment...

The entire town was stunned when his friend’s pictures were flashed on the TV screens, and then newspapers wrote all sorts of adverse things against him. They were trying their best to prove him a terrorist.People were talking everywhere and everyone had his own surmises and arguments. Generally,...

We reached Raman’s house very early the following morning. The head of the South Indian family was shocked to see us there so early in the morning. However, he said, “Very good, so you have come. I have already arranged another house for me to stay in. I will get the key to the other house tomorrow....

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,...

“Darkness at Noon” by Arthur Koestler was first published in 1940. It is considered as his best known work. The story revolves around Rubashov, an Old Bolshevik. The story describes his arrest, his trial for treason against the government he had helped to create, and his imprisonment. The...

She came back into her room and sat in one corner. She recalled that in the first year after their marriage they used to talk and laugh together but in the recent years the dialogue between them had only been limited to the phrases like ‘I am going’, ‘breakfast is ready’, ‘when will you...

It is a satire that shows future and dystopian Western world that has a culture of extreme youth rebellion and violence. The story is a kind of exploration into human nature, their free will to choose between good and evil, and desolation of free will that proves to be a solution to the negative...

“Midaq Alley” by Naguib Mahfouz was first published in English in 1966. It is the English translation of the novel “Zuqaq al Midaq.”The book “Zuqaq al Midaq” was first published in Arabic, in Egypt, in the year 1847. Midaq Ally is a back street in Cairo, Egypt. The place teems with...

“The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano” by Olaudah Equiano was first published in 1789. It is the autobiography of the author.The book is often categorized differently. The scholars and critics have often argued the variety of styles of the narrative. It is generally...

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...

“A Room with a View” by E. M. Forster was first published in 1908. The story revolves around a young woman living in the repressed culture of Edwardian England. Most of the story is set in England and Italy, and it is both a romance and a critique of the English society at the beginning...

After about half an hour he was back in her room. He was relieved when he found her soundly asleep. Now there was a glow on her pink face. He thought that her beauty and grace surpassed the beauty of all the fairies and nymphs he had painted for so many years. He was tempted to touch her face but...

It is a firm Hindu belief that Gods take on human forms from time to time to reform the society by their deeds which become firm examples for the people. In wonderful long stories of Ramayana and Mahabharata, the God takes on human form in order to heal a breach in the order of society, and thus the...