Fictions
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Books, Classic, Fictions
A Christmas Carol, Writer: Charles Dickens:
About the Author
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1812. He received little formal education as the conditions at home forced him to leave school and work in a factory at an early age. His early circumstances left a lasting impression on Dickens and greatly influenced his work, be it literary or philanthropic. Having worked in various professions, Dickens started writing in newspapers and magazines and most of his work was published as monthly serials in them. Dickens was a prolific writer. He wrote over a dozen novels, many a collection of short stories, a large body of non-fiction and poetic works, and many plays. He was arguably the best Victorian novelist and enjoyed great fame during his lifetime. He died in 1870 but even today he is one of the most popular authors, of all times
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Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
A Farewell To arms,Writer : Ernest Hemingway
About the Author
Ernest Hemingway was born in the USA in 1899. He led a diverse life. He chose a career in journalism in his early life, participated in both World Wars, covered the Greco-Turkish and the Spanish Civil Wars, sailed the Caribbean and lived in four continents. During his stay in Paris, he became a part of the American expatriate circle of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound. F Scott Fitzgerald and Ford Maddox Ford. He made good use of his multifarious life experience in his writings and penned many great novels and short stories. In 1954, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Not many years later, he committed suicide in 1961.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
A Little Princess ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Frances Hodgson Burnett
About the Author
Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in England in 1849. She was only three years old when her father died. Consequently, her family faced financial issues and moved to America in 1865. It was there to support her family that Burnett started publishing her early works in magazines. This sharpened her writing skills and she wrote her first novel That Lass O Lorrie s in 1877. There was no stopping her then. She wrote many fictional and dramatic works of which most enduring are her two children novels A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. Burnett died in 1924.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
A Room Of One’s Own,(Reading Classic): Writer: virginia woolf
About the Author
One of the leading British writers and intellectual of the twentieth century Virginia Woolf was born in London on 25 January 1882. She began publishing her work to both general and critical acclaim in her early twenties and became associated with Bloomsbury Circle, an influential group of English modernist writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists in early twentieth century. Best remembered for the lyrical quality of her prose Woolf wrote many novels and essays all bearing the modernist trends of the Circle. Her works have been translated in over 50 languages around the world. However, she was not very lucky in health matters and suffered from the bouts of mental illness throughout her life. She perished by drowning during one such attack on 28 March 1941.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
A Study In Scarlet: a Sherlock Holmes Novel ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle
Books, Classic, FictionsA Study In Scarlet: a Sherlock Holmes Novel ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle
About the Author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland from where he did his graduation in medicine in 1881. He had started writing and publishing short stories to some acclaim during his student life but it was after the publication of A Study in Scarlet, his first Sherlock Holmes work that he became widely famous. Arguably the best crime fiction character ever, Sherlock Holmes practically made Doyle immortal as a writer. Featuring Holmes he wrote 4 novels and 56 short stories. Doyle was a prolific writer and in addition to his Holmes oeuvre he wrote many other novels and short stories. Among them The Lost World is another great work of fiction.
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Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
A Sultan In Palermo: Islam Quintet 4,Writer : Tariq Ali
About the Author
Tariq Ali (b. 1943) is an author, journalist, and filmmaker. He was born and raised in Lahore where he became politically active in his teens. He rose to prominence during the Vietnam War when he engaged in debates against the war with the likes of Henry Kissinger and Michael Stewart. Highly critical of the US and Israeli foreign policies, he has to his credit a number of nonfiction books on politics and has also long been associated with the New Left Review. He has also written many bestselling novels including Islam Quintet. Currently, he lives in England.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
A Tale Of Two Cities ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Charles Dickens
About the Author
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1812. He received little formal education as the conditions at home forced him to leave school and work in a factory at an early age. His early circumstances left a lasting impression on Dickens and greatly influenced his work, be it literary or philanthropic. Having worked in various professions, Dickens started writing in newspapers and magazines and most of his work was published as monthly serials in them. Dickens was a prolific writer. He wrote over a dozen novels, many a collection of short stories, a large body of non-fiction and poetic works, and many plays. He was arguably the best Victorian novelist and enjoyed great fame during his lifetime. He died in 1870 but even today he is one of the most popular authors of all times
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland (Readings Classics): Writer: Lewis Carroll :
Books, Classic, FictionsAlice’s Adventures In Wonderland (Readings Classics): Writer: Lewis Carroll :
About the Author
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) was the pen name of English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Carroll was a man of many gifts. He was a writer, poet, mathematician, photographer etc. However, his fame rests chiefly upon two children fantasy novels namely Alice in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass reportedly written to please his niece. These two are among the most read books even today.
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Books, Fictions
Amelia Jane Series(Book 1):Amelia Jane Again: Writer: Enid Blyton:
About the Author
Enid Mary Blyton was an English children s writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have been translated into 90 languages. As of June 2018, Blyton held 4th place for the most translated author.
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Books, Fictions
Amelia Jane Series(Book 2):Naughty Amelia Jane: Writer: Enid Blyton:
Enid Mary Blyton was an English children s writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have been translated into 90 languages. As of June 2018, Blyton held 4th place for the most translated author.
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Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
An American Brat,Writer : Bapsi Sidhwa
About the Author
Born in Karachi and brought up in Lahore, Bapsi Sidhwa, a graduate of Kinnaird College for Women, now lives in Houston. Sidhwa held a Bunting Fellowship at Radcliffe, and received the prestigious Lila Wallace Reader s Digest Writers Award. She has taught at Columbia University, the University of Houston, Mount Holyoke College and Southampton University. She has been awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan s highest national honour in the arts.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Animal Farm (Readings Classics),Writer : George Orwell
About the Author
Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) was born on June 25, 1903 in Bihar, India. He was educated in England. At 19, Orwell joined the Imperial Police. He was posted in Burma (Myanmar) where he lived until his resignation. Afterwards, he stayed briefly in London and then spent two years in Paris where he worked as a journalist. Upon his return to England, Orwell worked succinctly as a schoolteacher and then went on to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. He was wounded in the war and went to Morocco for six months. Orwell contracted tuberculosis in the following years and although he continued his life in the same fashion, he was never ever fit. He died on January 21, 1950.
Throughout his life, Orwell fought vigorously against totalitarianism and social injustice. He was a keen observer and made good use of his pen wherever her went. His first novel Burmese Days evokes the memories of Colonial Burma of his time. Down and Out in Paris and London depicts his struggling years in two cities. The Road to Wigan Pier is an account of the poor and poverty during his years in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Similarly, Homage to Catalonia and Coming Up for Air commemorate Spanish Civil War and his years in Morocco respectively. In addition, Orwell profusely contributed articles to a number of periodicals. However, his greatest moment came when he penned down Animal Farm, a political satire against the fascist Soviet regime written allegorically during the Second World War. The dystopian 1984 followed Animal Farm and together they brought Orwell enduring worldwide fame. He has been ranked second on a list of ‘The Fifty Greatest British Writers since 1945’ by The Times.SKU: 36362 -
Books, Classic, Fictions
Anne Of Green Gables (Readings Classics): Writer: l. m. Montgomery :
About the Author
L. M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud Montgomery) was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1874. She became famous as the writer of Anne of Green Gables which was an immediate success and won Montgomery an international following. As soon as she graduated, she started to teach. This profession allowed her plenty of time to hone her craft as a writer. She published approximately 100 short stories in journals and newspapers and her storytelling attracted a wide audience and, because of her matchless creativity, almost everything she wrote became a success. She died in 1942, leaving behind an enduring legacy of bestselling books
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Around the World in Eighty Days: Writer: Jules Verne:
About the Author
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French writer, poet and playwright. Dubbed sometimes as the Father of Science Fiction, he had a great influence on many latter day science fiction writers and scientists. Apart from other works, he wrote Voyages extraordinaire, an adventure/science fiction series of over 50 novels many of which are still highly popular among both adults and children. He is the second most translated writer in the world.
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Books, Fictions
Berg-E-Nay by Nasir Kazmi
About the Author:
Nasir Raza Kazmi was an Urdu poet from Pakistan. Kazmi was born on 8 December 1925 at Ambala, Punjab, British India. Kazmi used simple words in his poetry, including “Chand”, “Raat”, “Baarish”, “Mausam”, “Yaad”, “Tanhai”, “Darya” and gave them life by his style of poetry.
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Books, Classic, Fictions, Philosphy
Beyond Good and Evil,(Reading Classic): Writer: Friedrich Nietzsche
Books, Classic, Fictions, PhilosphyBeyond Good and Evil,(Reading Classic): Writer: Friedrich Nietzsche
About the Author
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher and a cultural critic. He was born on October 15, 1844, in Rocken, Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia. His works criticize the traditional European morality, religious values as well as conventional philosophical ideas associated with modernity. He is often seen as a predecessor to late modern thinkers like Marx and Freud, because of his psychological analyses of false consciousness. He proposed many original theories positing an alternative morality and ideas which would bring forth a cultural renewal. His notable works include The Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music (1872), The Gay Science (1882), Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883–5), Beyond Good and Evil (1886), On the Genealogy of Morality (1887), Twilight of the Idols (1888) and The Wagner Case (1888). In 1889, Nietzsche suffered a mental breakdown. Eleven years later, he died on August 25, 1900, in Weimar, German Empire.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Black Beauty ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Anna Sewell
About the Author
Anna Sewell (1820-1878) was a British writer who had a strong love for horses and became quite sensitive to their nature and behavior. After a childhood injury, she was confined to her house as an invalid and got around largely by horse-drawn carriages. Though, she had difficulty in walking, she could drive a carriage. She spent her last years writing the children’s classic Black Beauty (1877), a fictional autobiography of a gentle, highbred horse. She died just five months after her book was published.
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Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
Boys Will Be Boys,Writer : Sara Suleri
About the Author
Sara Suleri (1953 – ) is an academic, critic, and author. She grew up in Lahore and earned degrees from Kinnaird College and University of Punjab, and later a doctorate from Indiana University. She is a Professor Emeritus at Yale University and lives in the USA.
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Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
Brave New World,Writer : Aldous Huxley
About the Author
Aldous Huxley was a renowned English writer, poet, playwright and philosopher. He was born in Surrey,England on 26 July 1894. Huxley published over 50 books during his lifetime — all to critical acclaim. Brave New World, a dystopian novel, is considered to be his best fictional work. Similarly, The Doors of Perception is regarded his finest non-fictional writing. Huxley spent last 25 years of his life in the USA. His life took a new turn there when he joined the Vedanta Society of Southern California, a spiritual organization. He, then,wrote extensively on spiritual topics too. He died of laryngeal cancer in the USA on 22 November 1963.
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