Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke: Book Review Part 1 Letters to a Young Poet is a collection of ten letters written by Rainer Maria Rilke in response to a query from a young struggling poet named Franz Xaver Kappus. Rilke himself was between the ages of 28 and 33 when he wrote these inspirational letters to Kappus. Rilke was struggling with his career, yet … [Read more...] about Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke: Book Review Part 1
‘Dayblood’ by Roger Zelazny: Short Story Analysis
‘Dayblood’ by Roger Zelazny: Short Story Analysis Roger Zelazny wrote ‘Dayblood’ in the year 1984. It’s a story about a man who to his victims is known as Wayne but to his comrade-at-arms, he is known as Werdeth. His job is to protect vampires and the ecosystem of vampires. The story is well written, suspenseful, and has a breathtaking climax which leaves the readers … [Read more...] about ‘Dayblood’ by Roger Zelazny: Short Story Analysis
‘Count Dracula’ by Woody Allen: Short Story Analysis
‘Count Dracula’ by Woody Allen: Short Story Analysis Woody Allen’s short story ‘Count Dracula’ appeared in his short story collection titled ‘Getting Even’ in the year 1971. This short story describes a rather comical version of the Count when he accidentally gets caught in broad daylight at his friend’s house. The first paragraph of the story reads like a general idea … [Read more...] about ‘Count Dracula’ by Woody Allen: Short Story Analysis
‘The Lawyer and the Ghost’ by Charles Dickens: Short Story Analysis
‘The Lawyer and the Ghost’ by Charles Dickens: Short Story Analysis The first time I read this short story was in the year 2009. It was one of the shortest of short stories that I had ever read about the paranormal and is an excerpt from Charles Dickens' early work The Pickwick Papers. ‘The Lawyer and the Ghost’ is a sort of jocular trick Charles Dickens plays on the … [Read more...] about ‘The Lawyer and the Ghost’ by Charles Dickens: Short Story Analysis
‘The Silent Sisters’ by Israel Zangwill: Short Story Analysis
‘The Silent Sisters’ by Israel Zangwill: Short Story Analysis ‘The Silent Sisters’ is a very touching story about how two Jewish women living in a lower-middle-class environment in London remain ‘silent’ until the end. Yet, in their silence was a testament to faithfulness to old oaths, distances between people in the family which cannot be breached by time, or … [Read more...] about ‘The Silent Sisters’ by Israel Zangwill: Short Story Analysis