‘The Mezzotint’ by M. R. James: Short Story Analysis ‘The Mezzotint’ is a story of a poacher called Gawdy who was framed by a squire for killing a keeper of his estate. Gawdy is hung to death, but that is not the end of him. He returns in a terrible ghoulish form to kidnap the squire’s only infant son. Seemingly, Gawdy didn’t want to be killed because he was the last … [Read more...] about ‘The Mezzotint’ by M. R. James: Short Story Analysis
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‘A School Story’ by M. R. James: Short Story Analysis
‘A School Story’ by M. R. James: Short Story Analysis M. R. James is usually known as the academic horror story writer and teller. There is always an academic or studious side to his stories as well as his prime characters. This story takes place in a private school through the reminisces of one man who had an unusual and very frightful experience in his boyhood days. … [Read more...] about ‘A School Story’ by M. R. James: Short Story Analysis
‘The Poison Cure’ by Kalki R. Krishnamurthy: Short Story Analysis
‘The Poison Cure’ by Kalki R. Krishnamurthy: Short Story Analysis This story titled ‘The Poison Cure’ is set against the backdrop of the Indian Independence Movement. It was penned by Kalki the famous Tamil fiction writer in the year 1925, around the time Mahatma Gandhi gave the call for a Non-Cooperation Movement against the British rule in India. Kalki was a true … [Read more...] about ‘The Poison Cure’ by Kalki R. Krishnamurthy: Short Story Analysis
‘The Letter’ by Kalki R. Krishnamurthy: Short Story Analysis
‘The Letter’ by Kalki R. Krishnamurthy: Short Story Analysis Kalki was one of the pseudonyms of R. Krishnamurthy, a pioneering writer of the Tamil Press. He was one of the greatest Tamil writers in India especially during the freedom struggle against the British Rule. I stumbled on Kalki’s works in the year 2011, when I found a copy of his short stories published by … [Read more...] about ‘The Letter’ by Kalki R. Krishnamurthy: Short Story Analysis
‘In a New Bottle’ by Arnold Bennett: Short Story Analysis
‘In a New Bottle’ by Arnold Bennett: Short Story Analysis ‘In a New Bottle’ has a similar setting as Arnold Bennett’s ‘Five Towns’ novels. The theme of this short story is about how people try to localize a story they have heard from another place. Such people try to ‘put an old story into a new bottle’ and make the story something closer to home. People, in this case, … [Read more...] about ‘In a New Bottle’ by Arnold Bennett: Short Story Analysis