Introduction Do you remember the Train to Pakistan or Mano Majra? The first historical novel of Khushwant Singh ‘Train to Pakistan’ also titled as ‘Mano Majra’. In this classic novel, Khushwant Singh tells about Sikhs and Muslims who lived together in peace for hundreds of years. The novel is based on the Hindu-Muslim riots of … Read more
Literature is an art form and cultural activity, but it remains literature when artists like Suzanna Arundhati Roy Reeve it with various styles and techniques to communicate their ideas, then the art is revived. The Indian Literature Industry got a solitaire in the form of Arundhati Roy on 24th November 1961 in Shillong, Assam to … Read more
Read this article to know about the summary of the novel Untouchable written by Mulk Raj Anand. Summary of Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand What comes to your mind when you read or hear the word ‘Untouchable’? It is not only the word but a complete sentence. The novel depicts a day in the life … Read more
Introduction Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella written by Joseph Conrad in which Marlow, the storyteller tells his companions about a voyage through Congo River into the Congo Free State, which lies in the heart of Africa. Charles Marlow, a sailor Charles Marlow, a sailor, while travelling in a ship, tells his fellows about the events that led to his appointment … Read more
Edgon Heath The plot of the novel has been set in Edgon Heath. Novelist portraits Heath as a living thing having its own characters. Heath has an influence on its residents; whenever someone tries to talk against it, he/she suffers a tragic fate. e.g. Eustacia is attacked by a knife when she talks of leaving … Read more
Edgon Heath The novel The Return of the Native written by Thomas Hardy takes place in Edgon Heath, a town in England. A riddle man (sells reddle-a red mineral used by farmers to mark their sheep) namely Diggory Venn is driving his van and crosses the heath. Some folks are lightening bonfire on the surrounding hills. In his … Read more
Introduction Read this article to know about Middlemarch summary by George Eliot. Middlemarch is a novel that deals with the lives of the residents of Middlemarch, a fictitious town. The story mainly consists of three or four plots of unequal importance: Dorothea Brooke’s life Tertius Lydgate’s career; the courtship of Mary Garth by Fred Vincy; and the Bulstrode’s … Read more
Brooks Dorothea Brooke: She is intelligent and rich girl with great aspirations, Dorothea does not like to display her riches and devotes her time and energy to making cottages for the workers of her uncle, Arthur Brooke. She marries Edward Casaubon an old folk, having idealistic thought of helping him in his research work, The Key to All Mythologies. However, the marriage … Read more
Middlemarch as a Provincial Novel This novel written by George Eliot is set in the fictional town of Middlemarch, North Loamshire, which is probably based on Coventry (her hometown), in the county of Warwickshire. Like Coventry, the town of Middlemarch is described as a town that manufactures silk-ribbon. The subtitle of the novel—”A Study of … Read more
Chapter 21 Police arrests Jognath accusing him of the shelf (at Gayadin’s house). His house is searched and along with the ornaments, a number of other things are magically produced. Vaidyaji and Ruppan investigate the matter and try to find the politics behind his arrest. They conclude that the Police is favouring Ramadhin over Vaidyaji. … Read more
