Summary of The Snake Song by R K Narayan

The Snake Song by R K Narayan โ€œThe Snake Songโ€ is one of the prominent short stories of R K Narayan which makes gooduse of the supernatural and is structured on the ancient Indian concept of atithi devo bhav. The story is about knowledge, fear, charity, forgiveness, solitude, dedication, tradition, desperation, and escape. This short โ€ฆ Read more

Madam Rides the Bus โ€“ Summary and Questions and Answers

Madam Rides the Bus Introduction Valli, an eight-year-old girl, is the protagonist of โ€˜Madam Rides the Busโ€™ She had maturity, intelligence, practicality, and self-respect beyond her years. Her favourite hobby consisted of standing at the front doorway and observing the street below. She was a skilled organiser. She scrimped and saved every penny she could โ€ฆ Read more

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson โ€“ Summary, Analysis, Themes and Symbols

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Summary The setting for this story was New England. In this story, villagers gathered in the square on a warm day in late June to participate in a lottery run by Mr Summers, who officiated at all the major civic events. The kids were the first to arrive and began โ€ฆ Read more

The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde โ€“ Summary, Analysis and Questions and Answers

The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde Book Summary The Selfish Giant is a story about a giant who learned a valuable lesson about love and generosity. A selfish giant owned a lovely garden. Long after his departure, children began to play in his garden. When he returned, he instructed the children to leave. The giant โ€ฆ Read more

The Axe by R. K Narayan โ€“ Summary, Critical Analysis and Questions Answers

The Axe by R. K Narayan The Axe is a compelling story about a person seeking his lifeโ€™s purpose and place. It explores themes of pride, commitment, control, and acceptance. Velanโ€™s father was a poor man, so nobody could have imagined that Velan would one day reside in a three-story building. However, the astrologerโ€™s prediction โ€ฆ Read more

The Accidental Tourist By Bill Bryson โ€“ Summary, Setting, Title and Questions and Answers

The Accidental Tourist By Bill Bryson INTRODUCTION This is a story written by Bill Bryson about his adventures on planes. During these flights, he has had a number of negative incidents. He recounts all of these events, and we learn how he fails to enjoy his air flights and, despite being a frequent traveller, is โ€ฆ Read more

Naga-Mandala Play by Girish Karnadย  โ€“ Summary and Analysis

Naga-Mandala by Girish Karnadย  About the Play Girish Karnad, a prominent Indian-English dramatist, is the author of the play Naga-Mandala. Karnad learned about Kannada mythology from his tutor, Professor A. K. Ramanujan, who inspired the play. โ€œNagamandalaโ€ is a ceremonial (cobra worship) practised in the southern Karnataka coastal areas. In 1988, the play was published. โ€ฆ Read more

Plot Summary of Sleeping Beauty

Summary of Sleeping Beauty In this post, we will summarise and analyse Charles Perraultโ€™s โ€˜The Sleeping Beauty in the Woodโ€™ . This 1697 version of the well-known fairytale begins similarly to the story that is still recounted to children today, but then takes a darker turn. PLOT We can deduce from the story that it โ€ฆ Read more

The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde โ€“ Summary & Questions and Answers

The Selfish Giant Study Guide Oscar Wildeโ€™s The Selfish Giant is a story about human compassion for animals and nature. Summary of The Selfish Giant The Giantโ€™s garden was rather lovely. It was a favourite with children. They used to enter the vast magnificent garden with flowers and fruit trees every afternoon on their way โ€ฆ Read more

Summary of The Map of Love

Summary of The Map of Love A โ€œMapโ€ is a graphical representation that emphasises the links between pieces of a given thing. The title โ€œthe Map of Loveโ€ implies that love does not exist in a single location, but rather in numerous parts of the world. Thus, the title refers to love relationships all over โ€ฆ Read more

The Dollโ€™s House by Katherine Mansfield โ€“ Summary, Analysis, Theme and Questions and Answers

The Dollโ€™s House by Katherine Mansfield - Summary, Analysis, Theme and Questions and Answers 1

The Dollโ€™s House by Katherine Mansfield About the Author Katherine Mansfield 1888โ€“1923 was born in Wellington, New Zealand, the third child of a wealthy merchant father and a socially-minded mother. Her family relocated to the rural town of Karori when she was five, where she excelled in the artistic pursuits of writing and playing the โ€ฆ Read more