‘The Imp and the Crust’ by Leo Tolstoy: Short Story Analysis 'The Imp and the Crust' is a parabolic nineteenth-century fable penned in 1886 by the greatest Russian writer of all time, Leo Tolstoy. Through a straightforward but moralistic plot, it tells the evils of possessing wealth, power, and fame and how that can lead us to unleash our bestial nature upon our fellow … [Read more...] about ‘The Imp and the Crust’ by Leo Tolstoy: Short Story Analysis
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‘The Legacy’ by Virginia Woolf: Short Story Analysis
‘The Legacy’ by Virginia Woolf: Short Story Analysis ‘The Legacy’ is a modernist short story by British writer Virginia Woolf. It is a story about how the wife of a well-known politician commits suicide to reunite with her lover. The lover is only known as ‘B.M.’ Later on in the story, we realize that B.M. was the brother of the politician’s wife’s secretary. He committed … [Read more...] about ‘The Legacy’ by Virginia Woolf: Short Story Analysis
‘Fat and Thin’ by Anton Chekhov: Short Story Analysis
‘Fat and Thin’ by Anton Chekhov: Short Story Analysis ‘Fat and Thin’ is a realistic short story penned by the greatest Russian short story writer of the nineteenth century, Anton Chekov. The story is sharp, crisp, lucid, and poignant. It brings out the truth of how, when old school friends become influential or famous personalities, we tend to do two things: Either we are … [Read more...] about ‘Fat and Thin’ by Anton Chekhov: Short Story Analysis
‘The Magic Shop’ by H. G. Wells: Short Story Analysis
‘The Magic Shop’ by H. G. Wells: Short Story Analysis ‘The Magic Shop’ was penned in 1903 by the father of science fiction H. G. Wells, whose full name was Herbert George Wells. He was one of the greatest late Victorian and early Edwardian science fiction writers, if not ‘the greatest’. H. G. Wells wrote a lot of fantasy fiction, almost bordering on magical realism. ‘The … [Read more...] about ‘The Magic Shop’ by H. G. Wells: Short Story Analysis
‘Cousin Teresa’ by Saki or Hector Hugh Munro: Short Story Analysis
‘Cousin Teresa’ by Saki or Hector Hugh Munro: Short Story Analysis ‘Cousin Teresa’ is a satirical short story penned by the master of Edwardian satire, Hector Hugh Munro, or Saki, as he was popularly known. Saki was a British writer. He wrote this short story to satirize how sometimes the most useless things or ideas become so fashionable in society that it affects … [Read more...] about ‘Cousin Teresa’ by Saki or Hector Hugh Munro: Short Story Analysis