Fathers and sons is a sad novel. The wasting of a life; of an existence gone awry, all great ideas strewn to dust in the case of Bazarov, the compromise, the decisiveness in love and marriage, the reflective, unperturbed existence in the case of Kirsanov. These are the major themes of the novel. The novel…
A reflection on Pearl S. Buck’s China, Wang Lung’s devotion to the land, O-lan’s stoicism, and the changing values of a society in transition.
An excerpt from the notes I had prepared long ago for my Post Graduate study. It gives an interesting perspective about what is so fascinating about Jane Austen and especially Pride and Prejudice. ” Irony penetrates the whole structure of the novel Pride and Prejudice. The irony of Jane Austen is very subtle and we…
Each of his novels is great in its own way. But if I had to choose one for the sheer impact and scale of the story I would say Brothers Karamazov. It makes me wonder as to how the human mind can think of such scale of writing. It is a masterpiece which which has…
Krishnamohan · Following MA in English (language), SV University (Graduated 1990)8y What are some of the good books or novels which can be read in the sociology genre, apart from books we read for sociology as an optional? “Sociology Themes and perspectives” by Haralombos, “ Sociology A guide to problems and Literature” by TB Bottomore are two eminently readable books. “ The Nagas in the nineteenth century” by Verrier Elwin, Haimendorf’s “The naked Nagas, The Raj Gonds of Adilabad “ are not just sociological texts, but deeply resonant works of art depicting with fascinating detail the empathetic study of a people from very close quarters.
I’m Tess of D’Urbervilles; the tragic figure: the love wronged, estranged woman, abused by both the good and the wicked. Perhaps more by the good. Oh! What wrongs goodness can do in its innocence and unknowingness? I’m the tragic heroine if I can be called one. But I’m certainly a tragic figure. It must have…
Arrived in Dehradun on Wednesday evening. The journey from Delhi to Dehradun is very short. We arrived here on a chilly evening. The weather here is very cold. We were given accommodation in the Golden Jubilee hostel. The food is bland, la canteen style and it is mostly potato and paneer. The IIRS campus is beautiful with a number of trees inside. We could see fir and mango trees mostly. The lecture halls and auditorium are state of the art
Completed reading Charlotte Bronte’s Villette. It is a magnificent work. I expected some flashes of brilliance or a craftily arranged plot. What amazed me is the denseness of her imagination and the maturity of her thought. Lucy Snowe the orphan heroine of the novel arrives in Villette searching for a vocation to establish herself and…
This is small introduction to Ivan Turgenev’s classic novel Fathers and Sons. To those of us who do not know the Russian society, its intense engagement with the questions of life, politics and philosophy at the turn of the 19th century Fathers and Sons is a must read. Turgenev achieves the serene detachment of Tolstoy…
Gabriel Marquez was an unknown writer for me in the year 1991. One of my friends casually mentioned that I should read this book and gave me One Hundred years of Solitude. I remember having read it in less than 72 hours and when my friend asked me about it, I had no words to…