Raja Sharma: 876 books

Georges Jacques Danton is considered as one of the leading figures in the initial period of the French Revolution.He was born in Arcis sur Aube in northeastern France on 26th of October 1759. He was the first President of the Committee of Public Safety.There are several conflicting accounts...

“Perfume” by Patrick Suskind was first published in 1985. It is subtitled “The Story of a Murderer.”It is a literary historical cross-genre novel which had been originally published in German language. As the title suggests, the novel has much to do with perfume and sense of smell.The...

That moves in all dimensions Beyond the circumference of faculty With His Will & In memory of The true soldiers of my motherland Who embraced Death to impart Life To survive in our hearts for ever Devi Nangrani

The first public enactment of the play took place after more than thirty years of its writing. It was publicly performed in London in 1925.On the other hand, “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” opened in New Haven, CT and New York City, in the United States in 1905.The first night performance...

“Persuasion” of often described as a ‘perfect novel.’ It is often said that the reader of the book can easily judge by himself or herself whether the book is worthy of praise. There is perfection which definitely deserves to be praised.It is said that once Austen wrote a letter to her...

The book that you are about to read is not the original text of “The Messenger” written by Markus Zusak. It is a study guide for students of literature. This book introduces the reader to the author, the novel, the plot, the characters, and then provides the complete summary of the novel....

“The Playboy of the Western World” by Irish playwright John Millington Synge is a three-act play.The play was first performed on 26th of January, in 1907, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.The play is set in Michael James Flaherty’s public house in County Mayo, on the west coast of...

“Brokeback Mountain” by Annie Proulx is a short story. This story was first published in The New Yorker on 13th October, 1997. It was subsequently published in its expanded version in Proulx’s 1999 collection of short stories, “Close Range: Wyoming Stories.” In 1998, “Brokeback...

“A Burnt-Out Case” is, in fact, a study of a man who happens to have burnt out on life in a metaphorical sense.The man in the discussion is Querry, an internationally famous architect. He grows disillusioned with his talent, his name and fame, and his love life.Querry takes a big...

“Silence” by Japanese writer Shusaku Endo was first published in 1966. It is a historical fiction that revolves around a Jesuit missionary.The Jesuit missionary is sent to Japan in the seventeenth century. The Christians had to remain hidden during that period. It was the time of persecution...

“Sula” by Toni Morrison was first published in 1973. It was the author’s second novel. The novel revolves around the life experiences of two black girls.Unlike the experiences of the two black girls in her first novel “The Bluest Eye,” “Sula” also describes the experiences of...

“The Quiet American” by Graham Greene was first published in England in 1955. The following year the book was published in the United States. It is an anti-war novel that describes the events drawn on the author’s own experiences as a war correspondent. The author was the war correspondent for...

“Seize the Day” by Saul Bellow was first published in 1956. It was the author’s fourth novel. The novel is considered to be one of the greatest novels of 20th century.The book was written in 1950s which was a kind of formative period during which the middle class in the United States...

The story of the play is set in South Africa. The action takes place during apartheid era in South Africa.The play presents the effect of institutionalized racism and hatred on the people who have to live during that period.When the play was first produced, it was immediately banned...