The Stranger is a novel with which Camus had his first success. It was influenced by Nietzsche and Sartre. The novel is showing us a meaningless and absurd life and how the humans drift apart from the world. Life is represented as a meaningless existence ruled by coincidences. The questionto which Camus seeks the … [Read more...] about The Stranger
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
"The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" is a realistic novel because it is written in the form of a diary. It exudes with humor and readers are really amused. The theme of this confessional novel are problems encountered by the young man in puberty, and his transition from childhood to adulthood. Adrian is faced with many … [Read more...] about The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Winnie The Pooh
Winnie the Pooh is a book that Alan Alexander Milne wrote for his son Christoper Robin and the characters that the reader encounters in the book are toys from his son's room. He was observing how his son made his toys come to life by giving them a personality and came up with the idea of creating heroes that will be … [Read more...] about Winnie The Pooh
The Mistress of the Inn
To be able to completely understand Goldoni's work we have to understand his beginning point and that is comedy dell’arte. Goldoni will make this type of comedy perfect in his works. This comedy reached its success in the 17th century when it was spread all over Europe but in the 18th century the comedy loses its … [Read more...] about The Mistress of the Inn
Life Is a Dream
This work is written with verses in 3 acts. The plot and the characters are similar to fairytales. The moral-didactical lesson of the story is also fairytale like because the main character becomes a positive character. The whole point of the book is that good always beats evil. The author brings the main characters … [Read more...] about Life Is a Dream
Pinocchio
The central theme of "Pinocchio" is personality development, maturation, and the personal trip from beeing evil to beeing good. Experiencing the psychological transformation of the main character Pinocchio who is the mischievous wooden puppet, and eventually becomes a good boy. His transformation occurs mostly thanks … [Read more...] about Pinocchio
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe belongs to the adventurous novel and some even consider it to be the beginning of that type. The theme is an imaginary autobiography of an English castaway who spent 28 years on a tropical island and lived many adventures. It was published in 1719 and was a success right away. The novel stayed famous up … [Read more...] about Robinson Crusoe
Aeneid
One of Virgil's most famous work is the epic poem "Aeneid" that consists of 12 books. Aeneid is written in dactylic hexameter. The main plot of it is the adventure of Aeneas who, after the city of Troy was destroyed, went on a journey. With this work Virgil wanted to emphasize the greatness of the Roman people and the … [Read more...] about Aeneid
The Jungle Book
"The Jungle book" is a collection of topic-related stories written by English writer and Nobel-prize winner Rudyard Kipling. Stories were published in magazines within 1893 and 1894, each one followed with original illustrations, some of which were made by author's father. Although the stories were written while … [Read more...] about The Jungle Book
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
"Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is a novel that can be considered autobiography as it is based on the experiences of Mark Twain. The book wasn't written at once. The first part was written in the winter of 1872, the second part in the spring of 1875 and the final part in the summer of the same year. Due to the simple style … [Read more...] about The Adventures of Tom Sawyer