Japanese Fairy Tales

Yei Theodora Ozakihas an interesting personality background. Her father is one of the first person to move to western world for education. Ozaki’s mother was her teacher. Ozaki’s parents separated when she was 5 years old and she had to travel between Europe and Japan many times. Her marriage itself an interesting story. During her […]
Gulliver’s Travels

Lemuel Gulliver, a sailor who loves adventure travels. This storyGulliver’s Travelscontains four voyages of him into different islands where he meets unnatural creatures. A Voyage to Lilliput : Gulliver reaches an Island where he finds all humans with 6 inches tall. The story narrates how Gulliver was taken as a prisoner by those tiny humans, […]
Persuasion

“The story of wedding proposals and unexpected rejections from each other influenced by their family members”, is the one line narration ofPersuasion, a romantic novel byJane Austen. Frederick Wentworth, a Naval officer proposed to wed Annie, when she was 19 years old. Anne’s family members felt that Frederick is not the right match for her […]
Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darknessis a novel which unearths the cruelty and corruptions of European trading companies over the African natives. Charles Marlow, has been appointed by a Belgium Ivory trading company to transport the goods in the company stations on the Congo river. The sailor who originally intended to meet a mysterious Journalist name Kurtz who […]
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

Andersen’s fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages have become culturally embedded in the West’s collective consciousness, readily accessible to children. Hans Christian Andersenoften referred to in Scandinavia as H. C. Andersen; April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, […]
Tales of Space and Time

Tales of Space and Timeis Written in the last decade of eighteenth century by Science fiction novelistH.G Wells. These stories were published as periodicals in multiple volumes in monthly magazines. This is a collection of 3 short stories (The Crystal Egg, The Star and The Man Who Could Work Miracles ) and 2 Novels ( […]
The Iron Heel

Published in the first decade of 20th century, this dystopian novelThe Iron Heelis written byJack London, an American novelist.An unusual literature of the time it was written, this is forerunner of soft science fiction novels of 19th century.This novel pays more attention towards changes in society and politics rather than technological changes.
Great Expectations

Great Expectationsis a novel written byCharles Dickens. Pip, an orphan lives with his sister and brother in law Joe. While Joe is a good natured person and always cares for Pip, his sister always abuses him as a burden for her. Pip has been asked to go to Satis house, to become a playmate for […]
The Mysterious Affair at Styles

The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the story of the detective skills of a world War victim Hercule Poirot. Poirot returns to his native to recover from war wounds and meets his old friends. He stays at the house of Emily who had inherited wealth from her late husband. The story is narrated, how Poirot […]
The Game

“This is the last fight”, was told by the young man to his would be wife. Joe the young man who makes extra earnings from prize-fighting, would never have thought , that last fight would be death in the rings. Written byJack Londonwhile he was a sports reporter,The Gamemight be one of the Four novels […]