Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is a beautiful novel - as an extended metaphor for African despoliation, life and politics it works wonderfully. Beautiful is, perhaps, a strange word to describe this essentially melancholic novel but whilst Things Fall
Walking refers to the act of travelling by foot. That is changing position from one place to another by foot. Walking is classified as a continuous form of verb. There are a number of verbs which describe abnormal ways
I don’t read very many plays. And yet, when it came to choosing one for the Back to the Classics Challenge, I was excited. I know there are a lot of great plays out there that I may never
In order for your submission to reach the eyes of the agent, it has to really stand out—which begs the question: How can you make your submission (and ultimately your novel) shine with sheer awesomeness? The answer that many
Brother, from the Old English word brothor and cognate with the Latin term frater and the Greek word phrater (both of which mean “fellow clan member”), means not only “a male with one or more parents in common” but
Here are the common private and public Libraries for reading and exams prep purposes here in Lagos, Nigeria. It seems we need more corporate bodies to fund some of these libraries and also spirited individuals to add to the
All day long when the shells sail over I stand at the sandbags and take my chance; But at night, at night I’m a reckless rover, And over the parapet Gleams Romance. Romance! Romance! How I’ve dreamed it, writing
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Well, let's think of a few... Finnegan's Wake, the novel by James Joyce has never been adequately interpreted. In other words, nobody can agree on what the novel is about! Ernest Hemingway was dared to write the
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) lived to be only 51 yet wrote more than 90 novels and novellas in his lifetime. His La Comedie Humaine had 2,000 characters in it, and filled 47 volumes. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) wrote with
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