Laura Nowlin’s “If He Had Been With Me” is a young adult novel exploring friendship and love. The novel follows the story of Autumn and Finny, two childhood best friends now high school seniors. The book is a coming-of-age story that explores the complexities of growing up and the emotions that come with it. In … Read more
Love is one of the most complicated human emotions, often intertwined with the desire for perfection. But in reality, love is far from perfect, and that’s what makes it beautiful. In this article, we will explore the novel “All Your Perfects” by Colleen Hoover, which delves into the concept of imperfect love and its impact … Read more
Chief Characteristics of the Victorian Novel : Defects Charles Dickens is a representative novelist of the Victorian age. He highlights, in his novels, the various virtues and voices of the Victorian novel. As a novelist, he assimilated all the qualities of the novelists of his age. We come to know of certain common features which … Read more
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel set in the 1930s in a small town in Alabama. It tells the story of Scout Finch, a young girl whose father, Atticus, is a lawyer. The story begins with Scout and her older brother, Jem, exploring their neighborhood and playing games. They are soon joined by their … Read more
Introduction The Mill on the Floss is an outstanding novel by the famous Victorian novelist George Eliot. It was first published in 1860 (three volumes). The Mill on the Floss Summary in Short The novel entitled The Mill on the Floss mainly describes the story of Maggie Tulliver. She is a close self-portrait. Her childhood … Read more
In the previous two articles on William Congreve’s The Double Dealer, we discussed the themes and plot of this play. But, this one is concerned with Congreve’s art of characterization because characters play important roles in any drama. As we know (through the study of previous articles) The Double Dealer is a presentation of (a) … Read more
The Double Dealer is a well-known dramatic work by William Congreve that was originally published in 1694. It is this dramatist’s second play. It is undoubtedly a comedy but features many touches of tragedy as well. In fact, the play is a study of various human relations as well as the social atmospheres in the … Read more
About the Novel It was Charles Dickens, the famous Victorian novelist who wrote Great Expectations, which is not only his 13th novel but his penultimate completed one as well. The novel was first published serially in All the Year Round (a weekly periodical of the writer) in 1860-61. , it was also issued in 1861. … Read more
About the novel Far from the Madding Crowd Far from the Madding Crowd is a novel written by Thomas Hardy that was his popular success as well It was first published serially as well as anonymously in The Cornhill Magazine in the year of 1874 In addition, the same year (1874) Far from the Madding … Read more
Introduction: Stream of Consciousness is a phrase. It was William James who coined it in his 1890 treatise entitled ‘Principles of Psychology. This term is used to denote an expression of a(ny) character’s flow of thoughts in the form of the word. In other words, the Stream of Consciousness technique records: (I) the multifarious thoughts, … Read more
