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Tales From Gorky: With A Biographical Notice Of the Author by R. Nisbet Bain (Hardback))
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, popularly known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer and socialist political thinker and proponent. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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The Door in the Wall and Other Stories by H.G. Wells (Hardback)
- Page : 119
- ISBN : 978-9394885332
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm
Winner of the Newbery Award, this “enthralling and inspiring tale of triumph. . . . make[s] life in England during the Middle Ages come alive” (The New York Times). Ever since he can remember, Robin, child of Sir John de Bureford, has been told what is expected of him as the son of a nobleman. He must learn the ways of knighthood. But Robin’s destiny is changed suddenly when he falls ill and loses the use of his legs. Fearing a plague, his servants abandon him, and Robin is left alone. A monk named Brother Luke rescues Robin and takes him to the hospice of St. Mark’s, where he is taught woodcarving and patience and strength. Says Brother Luke, “Thou hast only to follow the wall far enough and there will be a door in it.” Robin learns soon enough what Brother Luke means. When the great castle of Lindsay is in danger, Robin discovers that there is more than one way to serve his king. “A poignant story, full of action, and a strongly painted canvas of the times as well.” —The New Yorker
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Ram Ki Shakti Pooja By Suryakant Tripathi (Hardcover)
सूर्यकान्त त्रिपाठी ‘निराला’ को ‘महाप्राण’ भी कहा जाता है। उनकी कविता ‘राम की शक्ति पूजा’ हिंदी साहित्य की अमूल्य धरोहर है. खड़ी बोली की इस लंबी कविता में रामायण की कथा बताई गई। इसमें खासकर राम और रावण के भीषण युद्ध का वर्णन है। ‘राम की शक्ति पूजा’ काव्य को निराला जी ने 23 अक्टूबर 1936 में पूरा किया था। इलाहाबाद से प्रकाशित दैनिक समाचारपत्र ‘भारत’ में पहली बार 26 अक्टूबर 1936 को उसका प्रकाशन हुआ था। ‘राम की शक्ति पूजा’ कविता 312 पंक्तियों की एक लम्बी कविता है। इसमें ‘महाप्राण’ के स्वरचित छंद ‘शक्ति पूजा’ का प्रयोग किया गया है। इस कविता में कवि ने राम को एक साधारण मानव के धरातल पर खड़ा किया है, जो थकता भी है, टूटता भी है और उसके मन में जय एवं पराजय का भीषण द्वन्द्व भी चलता है।
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A Double Barreled Detective Story is a short story/novelette by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), in which Sherlock Holmes finds himself in the American west.Summary The story contains two arcs of revenges. In the primary arc, a rich young woman is abused, humiliated and abandoned by her new husband, Jacob Fuller, whom she married against the wishes of her father. The young Fuller resents her father’s rejection and dismissal of him as a neer-do-well and resolves to exact his revenge by mis-treating his new bride. After his abandonment, she bears a son who she names Archy Stillman. When the child gets older, the mother discovers that he possesses an incredible ability of smell, like a bloodhound. The mother instructs her child, now sixteen, to seek out his biological father with the intent of destroying that man’s peace and reputation, and hence extracting satisfaction for her.
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The Baital Pachchisi By John Platts (Hardcover)
Betal Pachisi is a unique collection of 25 stories. In which the popularity of the famous king Vikramaditya is shown from different angles. Betal tells 25 stories to Vikramaditya in this collection. At the end of each story, he poses a question which is the duty of a king to answer. As soon as Vikram answers that question, according to the condition of the story, Betal gets angry with Vikram and hangs on the tree again.This story collection is not only a dialogue between Vikram and Betal but also helps the reader to have a clear view of justice in modern society.
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