"Waiting for Godot" is the most famous play by Samuel Beckett. It has two acts. It was initially written in French but the writer himself translated it to English. The play became popular and it was translated to many foreign languages. The reason for its popularity lies in the fact that the play has no […]
Paul is Alone in the World
''Paul is alone in the world'' is clearly a work of a child's psychologist because throughout the book we can see that it was written by somebody familiar with children's desires. There isn't a kid in this world that didn't want to peak into the grownup's world for just a brief second. The story has […]
The Misanthrope
Moliere's work "The Misanthrope" talks about the sincerity of human's emotions. In a world where honesty is a virtue but also an illusion everything is based on corruption, lies, money and the author wants to make us believe those who speak the truth. Moliere deeply believes that only on truth can one base his life. […]
Gulliver's Travels
"Gulliver's Travels" is an adventurous novel by Jonathan Swift. He used the story to state his opinion about England and her politics. The stories about the seaman Gulliver and his adventures were a critic of the English lifestyle. The English, social life, human flaws such as selfishness are laughed out in this novel. The double […]
The Overcoat
"The Overcoat" is a story by a Russian author Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol. Even though most romantics place their main characters on prestigious places in the society Gogol did just the opposite. The main character is an ordinary worker who transcripts books. Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin isn't rich, doesn't have a big house or a huge salary. […]
Cipollino
"Cipollino" is a special story where the author shows us the life of different animals but the main characters come from the world of plants and we can say that this is a fable. Here we keep up with the life of Cipollino (onion in Italian) and his friends Zucchini, Pear, Blueberry, Parsley, Strawberry and […]
The Paul Street Boys
"The Paul Street Boys" is a novel that speaks of the childhood of a group of friends. They are trying to protect their play ground from another group that wants to get rid of them. Summary A little group of boys led by Boka and Nemecsek have one thing in common and that is a […]
Mrs Dalloway
"Mrs Dalloway" is a modern novel focused on the characters characteristics and not on the plot. Virginia Woolf was concentrated on showing us the mental states her characters found themselves in. This novel is considered to be the best literary work of the author, but also the best English novel from the time when it […]
Uncle Vanya
In this play, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov combined many different types of plays. We can spot the lyrical, psychological play and atmosphere play. The author emphasized the man and his psychological characterization, not paying much attention to the plot that only served to describe the characters. This play takes place inside each and every one of […]
Little Lord Fauntleroy
This beautiful story is written by Frances Eliza Hodgson and its theme is the life of a little boy named Cedric and his journey in becoming lord Fauntleroy. The novel was published in 1865 in the magazine St. Nicholas. It was a great success and the next year it was published as a book. Because […]
The Call of the Wild
''The call of the wild'' is a touching novel about a great friendship between a dog and a human. The novel follows up the life of the dog Buck since he lived in sunny California all the way until the day he was kidnapped and taken to Alaska. He experienced a hard life there and […]
Letters from my Mill
''Letters from my mill'' is a book of novel which appeared in 1869. Provence was the authors inspiration so the book was intended for the readers in Paris. The novel about a proud old man who would rather be ruined than accept a new lifestyle is enriched by solidarity and compassion but on the other […]
Eugene Onegin
"Eugene Onegin" is the most famous work of a Russian author named Pushkin. It's written in 5.600 verses and it is a novel containing 8 chapters. Pushkin wrote it almost 8 years and is now considered one of the most significant works of Russian literature. This novel started the popularity rising of Russian literature in the 19th […]
The Little Mermaid
Somewhere far away on the sea surface the water was beautiful, clear, blue but very deep. However deep or far away may the surface be it does not mean there is only sand below. The sea hides over there magical trees, herbs, fishes that are big and small. The spot where the sea is the […]
The Emperor's New Clothes
"The Emperor's new clothes" is a fun story about human vanity and the fear of truth, wisdom, stupidity, naivety and incompetence. It reminds us of the never-ending human desire for power, material things and good position in the society. The main starter in the story is the Emperor's weakest spot and that is clothes. The […]
The Little Prince
"The little prince" is a contemporary fairytale whose plot is surreal and made up, but has real characters. The author wanted to show us the problems of modern ages. He talks about the lack of love and finding of it as well as the loneliness of people. We can see the story as an allegory […]
Germinal
"Germinal" is the 13th novel of the famous cycle Rougon-Macquart and the second novel about working class. The main theme of the novel is the sufferings of miners and their struggle for survival. It is one of the first novels with whom the author tried to show the confrontation between the capitalists and the working […]
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
''The wonderful wizard of Oz'' is a beautiful story and the author himself defined it as a modern fairytale. We have to keep in mind that even though it has been more than hundred years since this book was published it still carries the name of a modern fairytale. It was published around the time […]
The Song of Roland
In the medieval times epic poems were transferred from generation to generation by mouth. They were formed as longer stories in verses that described historic events. In this case we have a Spanish historic event. The history is here represented on a Christian and moral way following the knight virtues that can be found in […]
The Poem of the Cid
The medieval Spain was divided into few smaller countries, and the Arabs ruled one of them. War was an everyday thing there. Sometimes the citizens would fight with each other, and sometimes they would stand united against the Arabs. All of that circumstances created this epic poem or epopea. In Spain, as well as other […]
Oedipus Rex / Oedipus the King
"Oedipus the King" is one of the most famous Greek tragedies and its plot is based on the myth about Oedipus. This tragedy is considered one of the best tragedies regarding plot and fable organization - dating from Aristotle era. Like in many other dramatic and epic works everything starts "in media res" - in the […]
Epic of Gilgamesh
''Epic of Gilgamesh'' is a story about friendship and the always present human wish to be immortal. The wish is wrapped around with the sad idea that a human cannot fulfill it. In the works of the Sumerians and Homer gods have faults and are similar to humans but they are immortal. In the Babylon-Sumerian […]
A Hero of Our Time
"A hero of our time" is the most important Lermont's work, the first Russian psychological novel and the announcement of Russian realistic writing. The main character is Pechorin, one of the first European characters of contradiction that is divided between being tired of pleasures but still unable to love and settle down. He thinks that […]
The Song of the Nibelungs
The Song of the Nibelungs is a German epic from the knight era and it is based on German history. It was even named the German Iliad and the cause of that is that the song contains myths and history. It was discovered by J.H. Obereit in 1775 in the castle Hohenems where he found […]
The Old Man and the Sea
''The old man and the Sea'' is a novel which could be named a short novel also and it was published in 1952 for the first time in the magazine Life. It is written as a inner monologue in which we find out the thoughts of the main character. The plot is not the center […]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" represents a fun children novel with many modern fairytale characteristics. There are many surreal elements in this book and as in any other fairytale nobility and kindness are rewarded. In the center of the story are Charlie and 4 other kids who represent the worse human flaws. Veruca Salt is […]
Aesop's Fables
"Aesop's Fables" is a book of stories and the characters are mostly animals and sometimes plants. Even though the characters aren't humans they have human virtues and flaws, act and talk like people. Every fable has a lesson, and people can relate to the characters. All of the events in the stories are linked to […]
My Family Right or Wrong
''My family right or wrong'' is a book of short humorous stories. Every funny situation is linked to another funny situation from another story and all of them are related to real life events so everyone can find themselves in some of the stories. Kishon lives in Tel Aviv with his wife and three children […]
Bambi, a Life in the Woods
"Bambi" is a beautiful story that is engaging both to children and to adults. Author Felix Salten really loved nature and animals and because of that, this story is really magical. The story originated in the imagination, experience of the author's knowledge of animals. It is a story about the deer, story about his entire […]
Emil and the Detectives
''Emil and the detectives'' begins with a subchapter where it is described why the plot is set in the city and involves the life of city children instead of the life of unusual characters and adventures. Also the characters are introduced. Emil is a hard working student, the best in class. He lives in a […]