‘Girl’ by O. Henry: Short Story Analysis ‘Girl’ is a suspenseful, humorous piece though the humor which consists of the ‘twist in the tale’ comes only at the end of the short story. ‘Girl’ has been penned by American short story writer O. Henry also known as William Sydney Porter, one of the greatest short story writers the world has ever known. A broker, Hartley, uses a … [Read more...] about ‘Girl’ by O. Henry: Short Story Analysis
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‘Hunting the Deceitful Turkey’ by Mark Twain: Short Story Analysis
‘Hunting the Deceitful Turkey’ by Mark Twain: Short Story Analysis ‘Hunting the Deceitful Turkey’ is a humorous piece in Edwardian style penned in 1906 by the father of American literature Mark Twain. Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, and he was a prolific American writer of the nineteenth and first decade of the twentieth century. He wrote many humorous … [Read more...] about ‘Hunting the Deceitful Turkey’ by Mark Twain: Short Story Analysis
‘A Face in the Dark’ by Ruskin Bond: Short Story Analysis
‘A Face in the Dark’ by Ruskin Bond: Short Story Analysis ‘A Face in the Dark’ is a simple horror story penned by the most favorite writer of India, Ruskin Bond. Ruskin Bond is known as ‘the writer from the hills’ and most of the themes in his stories are centered in the hills of India, especially in the regions of Mussoorie, Shimla, Landour, Dehradun, to name a few. … [Read more...] about ‘A Face in the Dark’ by Ruskin Bond: Short Story Analysis
‘Old Friends’ by Shusaku Endo: Short Story Analysis
‘Old Friends’ by Shusaku Endo: Short Story Analysis ‘Old Friends’ by Shusaku Endo is a story centered around the tragedy of the Second World War in Japan and Poland. Endo was a convert to Roman Catholicism and a well-known novelist of a few books. In this story, he mentions about his returning from Poland, a place which was very much devastated by the Second World War … [Read more...] about ‘Old Friends’ by Shusaku Endo: 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