Sunday, 4 May 2014

Good Old English Classics



English Classics never gets old! Let’s go through these ever green classics once again.

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

This novel, published in 1884 by Mark Twain is referred as one of the Great American Novels. This book has gained its popularity because of the way its characters and their roles are colorfully explained throughout in the novel. This is a sequel of another great novel by Mark Twain, The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer. Although this was initially considered as controversial by many because of its satire on racism, but even because of its perceived racial stereotype this novel is still a part of the syllabus of many schools till today and people from all ages enjoy reading it.

Beloved:

This is a famous novel of all times published by the famous American writer Toni Morrison in 1987. The plot of this novel was inspired by an African-American slave Margaret Garner who managed to escape away from her disheartening slavery towards freedom. She remains haunted in the story because of the culprit who murders her daughter. This novel was also adapted into a movie featuring Oprah Winfrey as the main character. Besides this in 2006 a survey was carried out by New York Times in which this novel was ranked as America’s best fictional novels of the past 25 years. This novel is still very popular amongst youngsters who are fictional reading fanatics.

Brave New World

This is a satirical piece of fiction by Aldous Huxley, which is considered one of the most enchanting novels ever written in English literature. This book depicts about how one accomplish the two major goals of happiness and stability to survive on this planet with absolute equity. The author in this novel has brilliantly explained the contemporary society’s dehumanization with the help of satire.

The Call Of Wild

This is also one of the greatest novels published in English Literature in 1903 in which a dog named Buck, is centralized as the main character. The dog runs away into the wild to become a leader of his wolf pack, after the killing of his beloved master. This novel has a great reputation for London even till today. It has been selected for various cinematic adaptations for its brilliantly crafted story plot.

Gone With The Wind:

This book is considered was the America’s top bestseller in fictional novels when it was published in 1936 by Margret Mitchel. This book depicts the slavery of African Americans for which it was also subjected to a lot of controversies. Even till today Scholars at American universities use this novel in their studies and also mention it as a reference in their writings. This novel is considered a crucial part of the American culture now.

The Great Gatsby:

This was the novel published in 1925 written by the famous American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story revolves around the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby a mysterious millionaire and his intimate relationship with this astounding lady Daisy Buchanan. This movie was recently adapted into a cinematic form for its exceptionally crafted story plot.

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