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Introduction The Rivals is a farce of mistaken identity that shares a lot of similarities with Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer, which was released two years prior. A main character impersonates a lower-class person to achieve amorous advantage, the young lovers must overcome the interference of a country bumpkin and an elderly rich aunt, and … Read more
A Letter to Children By Jawaharlal Nehru Study Guide About the Author Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) was India’s first Prime Minister. Nehru was a wonderful writer in addition to being a great statesman. Even forty years after his death, his autobiography, Discovery of India, Glimpses of World History, and Letters from a Father to his Daughter … Read more
Recalling Mahadevi By Neera Kuckreja Sohoni Study Guide A Brief Introduction to the Author Neera Kuckreja Sohoni is an associated scholar at Stanford University’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Neera has brought the powerful Chhayavadi poet to a broader audience by translating Mahadevi Verma’s Ateet Ke Chalchitra, Shrankhala Ki Kadiyaan, and other prose … Read more
Inhumanisation of War by Huck Gutman A Brief Introduction to the AuthorHuck Gutman is an English professor at the University of Vermont. His reputation is built on works such as Mankind in Barbary and Technologies of the Self. In 2001, Gutman was a visiting professor at Calcutta University. Summary Following the 2001 Afghanistan War, the … Read more
The Dying Detective by Arthur Conan Doyle Study Guide About the Story “The Adventure of the Dying Detective” also known as “The Dying Detective” in some versions, is one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories. It is included in the collection His Last Bow, along with seven other stories. The current … Read more
The Hound of Baskerville Study Guide About the Author Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and died on July 7, 1930, in Crowborough, Sussex, England. He was a British author and physician. In 1887, he invented the character of Sherlock Holmes for A Study in … Read more
Character Sketch of Detective Fix In this story about a challenge to travel around the world in eighty days, Detective Fix comes the closest to being labelled the “antagonist.” He first arrives in the fifth chapter and is a constant in the storey until the very conclusion. Mr Fix is one of many investigators on … Read more
Character Sketch of Passepartout Passepartout, Fogg’s servant, is a counterpoint to Fogg’s character. From the first chapter on, this intriguing Frenchman is a vital component of the storey. He is depicted as a man in search of peace following an active and adventurous life. This is why he chooses to serve the impeccably dressed Fogg, … Read more
Character Sketch of Aouda Aouda, as a stunning and exotic Indian princess, contributes significantly to the novel’s beauty. Aouda is the only source of femininity in a storey that is primarily about men. While going through India, Fogg and his group come find her. Indeed, her rescue narrative is one of the novel’s most dramatic. … Read more
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Plot Summary The opening lines of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice are among the most recognised of any nineteenth-century novel: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Mrs Bennet says these words to … Read more
Critical Analysis of Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen (December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817) was an English novelist who used realism, caustic social critique, and free indirect speech in her works. Austen’s writings are influenced in some way by her background, region, and time. They are part of the transition from sensibility novels of … Read more
The Rising of The Moon by Lady Gregory Summary of the Play “The Rising of The Moon” “The Rising of The Moon” is a one-act play written by Lady Gregory in about 1904. It was included in her book “Seven Short Plays” (1909). It was first staged in March 1907 at the Abbey Theatre. The … Read more
