In this series you will find the treatises to help the students and teachers of English literature. Almost all the classic novels and plays have been summarized and analyzed.
“Orlando” is considered a highly talked-about feminist classic. Several scholars of women’s writings and gender and transgender studies have written extensively about this novel.
It is primarily the story of two women, Mariam and Laila. Mariam happens to be an illegitimate child. She has to suffer from the stigma that surrounded her birth.
It is notable that “The Woman in White” is said to be one of the first mystery novels written in English. It is also said to be one of the first and finest novels in the sensation novel genre.
The book was written in five years. It is a work of fiction, but it is primarily based on fact. The author is said to have got the names of the characters from the Red Cross.
The author very skillfully describes how the descendants of an Asante woman named Maame lived their lives. Each chapter describes a different descendant of Maame.
The author’s father was also a Second World War veteran, and he had many stories to tell his son. The present novel, according to the author, draws upon several family narratives.
The novel opens with the scene from a production of King Lear at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto. Arthur Leander is playing the role of King Lear. While performing, he has a heart stroke.
The author also points out that several themes that he presents in this book have been ignored by American high school history textbooks. The author criticizes the dominant historical themes that are explored in these textbooks.
It is said that Hardy had connections with both the working and upper class people of the contemporary society, but he realized that he did not fit in either of them.
Through the twelve jurors, the judge, and the way the deliberations and voting takes place in the play, the playwright is successful in telling the audience about the American justice system.
The author passed away in 1973. When he died, the book was incomplete, but his wife Sally M. Conly and their daughter Jane Leslie Conly began to work on the novel with the help of the notes that the author had left, and eventually completed the novel in the following year after the author’s death
The book includes introduction, plot overview, analysis of major characters, complete summary, and critical analysis. It is not the original text of the novel. It is a study aids book for students and teachers.
The story revolves around the titular character, Mr. Fox and how he deceives his farmer neighbours to steal their food from the neighbours. The book was adapted into a movie in 2009.
When the book was published, it gained popularity overnight and most of the reviews were highly positive. The book has continued to gain popularity since its publication and it has never gone out of print up to this day. The book has received several literary awards and nominations.
Discrimination, bullying, lying, and deception, are some of the most important issues that the story deals with. Although it is a story of soccer and two communities, the author explores several other issues.
The other three novels in the series are The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child, published in 2013, 2014, and 2015 respectively.