Raja Sharma: 876 books

“Orlando” by Virginia Woolf is subtitled “A Biography.” It was first published on 11th of October in 1928.It happens to be a semi-biographical novel. The story is based in part on the life of Virginia Woolf’s lover Vita Sackville West.“Orlando” is often said to be Virginia...

A layman or a casual reader may not find it easy to follow the story because the narration is not chronological and the narrator V. frequently digresses from the main story.“The Real Life of Sebastian Knight” is a challenging book that needs a readers’ complete involvement. The format...

The title of the novel is an allusion to the doxology which is often used to end the Lord’s Prayer: "For thine is the kingdom, (and) the power, and the glory, now and forever (or forever and ever), amen." In the United States of America, the book was published with the title “The...

There are a few different versions of “Hamlet” in the market nowadays. The plots have been slightly altered but the main story is the same. The play is famous mainly because of the titular character Hamlet. He remained a subject of discussion for thinkers, scholars, and analysts for several centuries. They often analyzed Hamlet’s brooding and erratic nature.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, one of the most famous and widely read Russian novelists, has contributed greatly to the world literature with his unique and powerful creations. One of his most famous novels is "Crime and Punishment." It is said to be the first psychological novel. Being...

“The Pearl” by John Steinbeck was first published in 1947. This beautiful novella revolves around a pearl diver named Kino.The story very descriptively explores man’s nature as well as greed and evil. It is assumed that the story was inspired by a Mexican folk tale from La Paz, Baja California...

The book has been specifically written to describe the Mau Mau Uprising in Africa. The novel also describes how an entire people had to face the astonishing dispossession of their ancestral land.While writing “Weep Not, Child”, Ngugi was studying at Makerere University.The story...

James Joyce, one of the most prominent Irish writers and thinkers, has given several masterpieces to English Literature. Joyce had started writing at a very early age. His writings are not so easy to understand, for they are full of wit and wisdom. One ought to read between the lines to get to the...

Hundreds of worlds in English language have been borrowed from Hindi, Urdu, and Sanskrit languages. Several of the Hindi and Urdu words have originally come from Sanskrit. These words got included in the English lexicon without being translated or altered, following almost the same sound and...

“Nightmare Abby” by Thomas Love Peacock was first published in November 1818. It was the third of his novels to be published. In the year 1837, the book was republished after a little revision by the author in Volume 57 of Bentley’s Standard Novels. Like most of the novels written...

The book is set in the time period just before the First World War. The story revolves around the tragedy of Edward Ashburnham. The story chronicles the events which occur in the life of that soldier. It describes the seemingly perfect marriage of the soldier and the marriages of two of his American...

Positive or optimistic attitude happens to be the key to success and prosperity in life, however, most of people remain deprived of this virtue, for they seldom try to find or come across the sources which might inspire and motivate them. A person with a positive attitude can easily overcome...

Henry James, one of the greatest short story and novel writers, has produced such wonderful stories that readers from all age groups remain absorbed and entertained once they begin reading his stories. Though being an American writer, he spent a major part of his life in England. Henry James...

There are hundreds of Sanskrit terms which are frequently used by writers, poets, and scholars. This concise dictionary will acquaint you with the most common of those Sanskrit terms.