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The Waste Land
by T. S. EliotThe Waste Land is one of the most important poems of 20th century written by T. S. Eliot, an American essayist, playwright and literary critic whose magnum opus being The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. This long poem is written in five parts, titling it as The Burial of the Dead, A Game of Chess, The Fire Sermon, Death by Water, and What..
The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories
by Mark TwainThe Mysterious Stranger is the last novel written by Mark Twain, an American author and humorist, who is best remembered as “the father of American literature”. The Mysterious Stranger being his last attempted novel which he could not complete it fully. This novel explores the author’s ideas of moral sense and the damned human race; in effect it..
Dewey Decimal Classification
by Melvil DeweyDewey decimal classification is a proprietary library classification method developed by Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey, an American librarian and educator and the inventor of this system. Prior to invention of DDC, libraries had been assigning permanent bookshelves based on their acquisition rather than topic or genre. DDC created the conce..
Symposium
by PlatoSymposium is a philosophical text written by Plato, a Greek philosopher and a disciple of Socrates. Symposium explores the purpose and nature of love based on the Platonic love. The speech takes place in a drinking party in Agathon’s house to celebrate his victory in a dramatic competition, believed to be attended by Socrates, Aristodemus, Phoin..
The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau
by Jean Jacques RousseauThe Confessions is an autobiography written by Jean Jacques Rousseau, a Genevan philosopher whose political philosophy has greatly influenced French revolution. The confessions is considered to be the first major work as an autobiography to be ever written, though previously written autobiographies were focused on religious experience rath..
Hand Shadows to Be Thrown upon the Wall
by Henry BursillHand Shadows to Be Thrown upon the Wall is a book on Shadowgraphy by Henry Bursill. Shadowgraphy often called as ombromanie is a performance art in which a story or images are narrated using hands to produce shadows. This art once popular had started to decline with the invention of cinema and television to become a major entertainment for..
The Red Badge of Courage - An Episode of the American Civil War
by Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage is a war novel written by Stephen Crane, an American author remembered for his realism, Naturalism and Impressionism. Apart from his magnum opus The Red Badge of Courage his literary works during short life of 28 years, includes Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, The Black Riders and Other Lines, George's Mother, The Open Boat ..
The Woman in White
by Wilkie CollinsThe Woman in White is considered to be the first mystery novel which has been remembered for creation of sensation novels genre in the literary world. This novel is written by Wilkie Collins, an English novelist remembered for his literary contributions such as The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name. Walter Hartright is hired a..