Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. For the sheer fun of reading,great narrative, gripping story line, vivid characterization, enthralling twists in the plot and in the end the feeling of peace and tranquility that reigns in the heart about what life really is all about, about what riches and wealth cannot give, this novel has to…
There is no great difference in reading a novel whether you read it as a general reader or as a student of Literature as long as you are reading it and enjoying the experience. But once you read it consciously, in the sense of reading from a literary point of view, then the reading part…
Though not unputdownable, Mansfield Park has the stamp and class of Jane Austen. Like all other Austen novels, the principal events concern the fortunes of a family;Mr Bertrand’s four children and his niece Fanny Price. Fanny Price stands out from all the other characters. She is sensible and intelligent,compassionate and caring. She is pretty,though in…
The President of the Immortals has finally ended his game with Tess: Where could one find such poignant lines if not in Hardy. It is not hard to see that Hardy’s heart goes all out to his protagonist heroine. But what is the inner core? What is it that Hardy has so beautifully and historically(In…
Is there something called perfection about anything? When the world around is constantly evolving and Language and Literature which are the mirror to this world are forever dynamic, perfection is a distant dream. Rather assuming such a state is itself a fallacy. A real student will rather apply to the task with sincerity and dedication.
The only artist who ranks along side William Shakespeare in the galaxy of literary greats is none other than Fyodor Dosteyevsky. It is not difficult to answer this question because it is Brothers Karamazov. Constructed around a family of four brothers, all sons of Fyodor Karamazov: Alexei, the sensualist and emotional giant, Ivan, the rationalist…
There can be no exact classification because the genres seem to merge or converge at times. Taking Shakespeare as a starting point one could say we have Tragedy; Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear: Comedy; Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s dream, As you like it and others, Tragi-comedy, The Tempest, History; Richard the second, Roman…
Victorian Prose marks a high point in the English Literature canon. For the first time the novel takes precedence over other forms of writing. This is also the age of periodicals and magazines opening up a different way of reading and writing in the form of serialisation. The Victorian novelists: Charles Dickens, George Eliot, WM…
Emotively is what you could be passionate about; what lights up your sensual feelings or your imaginative vein. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is one novel I can think about very keenly. The power of emotion in this fascinating love story is dark and deep. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is a classic emotion novel….
My thoughts about Crime and Punishment and Brothers Karamazov resurface as I read Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground. Human nature revels in his novels; revels in the candid display of monstrosity and hideousness, subterfuge and all embracing love. As a critic has remarked Dostoyevsky’s characters possess a dialogic imagination. They are very near to the…