‘Lost Hearts’ by M. R. James: Short Story Analysis Montague Rhodes James or M. R. James is one of the finest ghost story writers the world has ever had, and is indeed the father of the scholarly and academician Victorian ghost story. His stories are seminal to the glossary of ghost stories even in our time, and ‘Lost Hearts’ is definitely one of his scariest yet, a … [Read more...] about ‘Lost Hearts’ by M. R. James: Short Story Analysis
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‘A Canary for One’ by Ernest Hemingway: Short Story Analysis
‘A Canary for One’ by Ernest Hemingway: Short Story Analysis Just like all stories by Ernest Hemingway, one of my favorite writers of all time, even this short story titled ‘A Canary for One’ is full of hidden symbols connecting the three main characters of this story together. The narrator, his wife, and a quite deaf American middle-aged woman are the main characters … [Read more...] about ‘A Canary for One’ by Ernest Hemingway: Short Story Analysis
‘An Honest Thief’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Short Story Analysis
‘An Honest Thief’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Short Story Analysis Fyodor Dostoevsky is one of the few writers who are credited to have been early existentialists. This is obvious in the author’s books and short stories including this one. ‘An Honest Thief’ shows Dostoevsky’s in-depth knowledge of psychology as well as the mental, social, cultural and political condition of … [Read more...] about ‘An Honest Thief’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Short Story Analysis
‘B. Wordsworth’ by V. S. Naipaul: Short Story Analysis
‘B. Wordsworth’ by V. S. Naipaul: Short Story Analysis The ‘B’ in the name ‘B. Wordsworth’ stands for ‘Black’. V. S. Naipaul in this short story from the book ‘Miguel Street’ narrates a tale with a lot of sexual overtones about a poet who had the same name as the European William Wordsworth or, in the story’s case, ‘White Wordsworth’ but called himself the ‘Black … [Read more...] about ‘B. Wordsworth’ by V. S. Naipaul: Short Story Analysis
‘The Luncheon’ by William Somerset Maugham: Short Story Analysis
‘The Luncheon’ by William Somerset Maugham: Short Story Analysis This is a reflective and humorous story by the author William Somerset Maugham about the incorrigible behavior of a middle-aged women out to eat up his meagre earnings as a writer. She does so by making him invite her to luncheon at the Foyot’s restaurant in Paris and eating sumptuously while the author … [Read more...] about ‘The Luncheon’ by William Somerset Maugham: Short Story Analysis