The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is a trivial comedy which calls the attention of serious people. It was first performed on the 14th of February in 1895 at St. James’s Theatre in... More > London.
The protagonists in the play hide themselves behind fictitious personae. It is done with a purpose of escaping from burdensome social obligations. This farcical comedy takes the art of comedy to new heights and proves that comedy is not only for the purpose of making people laugh.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Importance of Being Earnest
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Composition
Chapter 3: Production
Chapter 4: Revivals
Chapter 5: Characters
Chapter 6: Summary in Brief
Chapter 7: Critical Response
Chapter 8: Major Themes
Chapter 9: Critical Analysis< Less
The Great Gatsby is considered to be the finest work by the famous American writer Fitzgerald. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fitzgerald is popular all over the world... More > for his world famous books “The Great Gatsby”, and “Jazz Age”, however, “Babylon Revisited” is one of those books which pulled the attention of the academic circles and educational institutions from all over the world.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Great Gatsby
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Summary in Brief
Chapter 3: Characters
Chapter 4: Part One
Chapter 5: Part Two
Chapter 6: Part Three
Chapter 7: Part Four
Chapter 8: Part Five
Chapter 9: Part Six
Chapter 10: Part Seven
Chapter 11: Part Eight
Chapter 12: Part Nine
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“The Trial” by Franz Kafka was originally written in German language. Its original German title is “Der Process” which later changed into “Der Prozess”, “Der... More > Proce”, and then “Der Proze.”
The novel was written between 1914 and 1915. It was published after about ten years in 1925.
A Quick Guide to “The Trial”
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Chapter One: Introduction to “The Trial”
Chapter Two: Characters
Chapter Three: Plot Summary
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Most of the people in the Indian coastal areas are non-vegetarians. They love eating fish, since it is their staple diet.
In Mumbai and Goa they have numerous recipes to cook fish, especially... More > prawns. The large size king prawns in Mumbai and Goa are served by most of the star hotels and restaurants, even the roadside eateries.
In this book we have provided some of the best prawn recipes which can be easily learned even by a first-timer.
It does not take very long to cook dishes, following any of the given recipes. So get ready and become your own cook, and eat the prawn dishes with Indian flavour< Less
Asian Cuisine is known for its flavour and taste, for it includes various oriental spices and herbs. The aroma wafting from the Asian dishes can very easily lure anyone.
The mouthwatering dishes... More > from Asia, especially India, are savored by millions of people all over the world.
In this book, we have included one hundred most popular recipes from Asia. Though they require certain spices and herbs, they are not difficult to cook. With a little effort, even first-timers can cook these delicious dishes in their own kitchens.
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The Joads do not lose their dignity and they continue to possess the kindness which is so precious to them.
Finally, when Rose of Sharon delivers an unborn baby, she has milk in her breasts. She... More > suckles a starving man and saves his life. Can there be any bigger example of generosity than a mother who has just lost her new born baby and who is suckling a starving man to save his life?
Ready Reference Treatise: The Grapes of Wrath
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Preface
About John Steinbeck
Characters
Plot Summary
Summary All Chapters
Thematic Analysis< Less
This play established Harold Pinter as a well known contemporary British Playwright and a major theatrical figure. Harold Pinter’s efforts were not only limited to writing his plays, he often... More > directed and sometimes acted in his plays. His popularity continued to grow. In the 1960s and 1970s his plays were played on radio and shown on television. His plays began to be made into films.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Dumb Waiter
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Plot Overview
Chapter 3: Analysis of Major Characters
Chapter 4: Thematic Analysis
Chapter 5: Part One From Beginning Until The Envelope
Chapter 6: Analysis
Chapter 7: Part Two From the Envelope to Ben's Gun
Chapter 8: Analysis
Chapter 9: Part Three After Ben Checks his Gun
Chapter 10: Analysis
Chapter 11: Part Four Speaking Tube until End
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The story is based on the childhood experiences of fraternal twins. During their childhood the twins were guided by the Love Laws which were laid down. It was told them who should be loved, and how,... More > and how much should they love. It is the small things in life which create a great influence, affecting the people’s behaviour and their lives. It is the only book which follows very unconventional themes of fiction writing. The book was highly acclaimed and it brought the Booker Prize in 1977 to Arundhati Roy.
Ready Reference Treatise: The God of Small Things
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Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Characters
Chapter Three: Summary
Chapter Four: Thematic Analysis
Chapter Five: Style
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“A Fairly Honourable Defeat” by Iris Murdoch was the first published novel of the writer. Iris Murdoch, an Irish British author, came into limelight with this work of hers.
Like most of... More > the works written by Murdoch, the characters in this novel carry a load of surface information with them too. Through her characters and the information they have with them, the author very successfully acquaints the readers with many other details of the story, which are not narrated specifically by the narrator.
A Quick Guide to “A Fairly Honourable Defeat”
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Chapter One: About Iris Murdoch
About Iris Murdoch
Chapter Two: Introduction to “A Fairly Honourable Defeat
Chapter Three: Characters
Chapter Four: Summary of the Novel
Chapter Five: Major Themes< Less
During his reign, Taksin fought various wars. The new Burmese invasions were successfully repelled by his forces. He subjugated the northern Thai kingdom of Lanna, and he defeated the Laotian... More > principalities. In those days, Cambodia was a threat to his country, so consequently he successfully subjugated Cambodia.
Taksin the Great
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Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Early Years and Education
Chapter Three: Early Career
Chapter Four: Establishment of Capital
Chapter Five: Taksin’s Reign
Chapter Six Economy, Culture and Religion
Chapter Seven: Final Years and Death
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When you have enabled yourself to touch the abysmal depth, the bottomless, the infinite, the depth of your existence, the depth of your being, you will not be disturbed, rather, you will be in such a blissful state that you will be existing physically but still you will not be feeling anything that disturbs you. Then disturbance or no disturbance are the same, sound and silence are the same. Then opposites are no longer opposites – they have become complementary. Then there is no contradiction in life, and you remain a witness of everything that happens. Much will happen and nothing will happen to you. It will always be happening somewhere else, and you will be a watcher.
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