‘Marriage Lines’ by Julian Barnes: Short Story Analysis ‘Marriage Lines’ is a short story of autobiographical nature by the highly acclaimed and popular British writer, Julian Barnes. Julian was a Man Booker Prize winner and a Commandeur of L’ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He was married to literary agent Pat Kavanagh who separated from him for a while and then returned. … [Read more...] about ‘Marriage Lines’ by Julian Barnes: Short Story Analysis
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‘A Cold Autumn’ by Ivan Bunin: Short Story Analysis
‘A Cold Autumn’ by Ivan Bunin: Short Story Analysis ‘A Cold Autumn’ is a short story by Russian writer Ivan Bunin and is considered an heir to two stalwart Russian literary figures: Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy. He was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize and was an anti-communist. The story is set during the time of the First World War. The narrator of this … [Read more...] about ‘A Cold Autumn’ by Ivan Bunin: Short Story Analysis
‘The Fatal Cradle’ by Wilkie Collins: Short Story Analysis
‘The Fatal Cradle’ by Wilkie Collins: Short Story Analysis ‘The Fatal Cradle’ is a humorous yet suspenseful story penned by the nineteenth-century British author Wilkie Collins. Collins is considered the inventor of the detective story, and most of his novels explore the realms of mystery, suspense, and crime. ‘The Fatal Cure’ is a story about how through careful deduction … [Read more...] about ‘The Fatal Cradle’ by Wilkie Collins: Short Story Analysis
‘An Experiment in Misery’ by Stephen Crane: Short Story Analysis
‘An Experiment in Misery’ by Stephen Crane: Short Story Analysis ‘An Experiment in Misery’ is an excellent and highly evocative short story about how a young man enters the world of the weaker sections of society in New York City. It chronicles how he gets a cot to sleep in a seedy joint for the poor. It narrates how he befriends a highly intoxicated tramp and tries to … [Read more...] about ‘An Experiment in Misery’ by Stephen Crane: Short Story Analysis
‘Love’ by William Maxwell: Short Story Analysis
‘Love’ by William Maxwell: Short Story Analysis 'Love' is a simple story of a fifth-grade classroom full of boys who were in love with their pretty teacher. However, the poor teacher met with a very tragic end; she died of tuberculosis. It is a short story by American writer William Maxwell, the fiction editor at The New Yorker. He passed away in the year 2000. He edited … [Read more...] about ‘Love’ by William Maxwell: Short Story Analysis