The Road Not Taken
The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down…
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On Style by Jonathan Swift
On Style by Jonathan Swift The following letter has laid before me many great and manifest evils in the world of letters which I had overlooked; but they open to…
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To A Skylark by Percy Bysshe Shelley
To A Skylark (Percy Bysshe Shelley) Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated…
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Am I Blue by Alice Walker
Am I Blue? Summary Alice Walker’s short story “Am I Blue?” was first published in 1986 in Ms. Magazine. The essay, written in the style of a short story, reflects…
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A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities Summary A Tale of Two Cities was first published in 1859 as a serialized novel in Charles Dickens’ weekly periodical, All the Year Round. The…
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Making Writing Simple by JB Priestley
Making Writing Simple by JB Priestley At the end of a long talk with a youngish critic, a sincere fellow whose personality (though not his values) I respect, he stared…
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Of Friendship by Francis Bacon
Of Friendship by Francis Bacon It had been hard for him that spake it to have put more truth and untruth together in few words, than in that speech. Whatsoever…
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That Pagli by D. R. Sharma
That Pagli by D. R. Sharma Summary “That Pagli” was first published in Pastoral Connections, a collection of short stories by D.R. Sharma, a Panchkula-based writer and retired Professor of…
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David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Summary David Copperfield is a famous novel by Charles Dickens, who called it his “favourite child” because it was so personal. He started writing it…
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