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The “Gulliver’s Travels” by Jonathan Swift has seen many a film and TV adaptations and this 2010 film, directed by Rob Latterman is latest in the series and like its precedents, it also concentrates on Gulliver’s stay in Liliput but also brings to life some part of Brobdignag. Read More »

First published in 1726, this collection of Lemuel Gulliver’s fascinating voyages all over the world, has been loved, read and re-read by every child and adult familiar with the English language. The story appealing the children for its fictional quotient made of wonderful creatures ranging in size from a few inches to several feet, flying island, etc. and to adults ... Read More »

“The Professor”, though first of the written works of Charlotte Bronte, was published in 1857 aftre her death. The novel had excited much curiosity because of its multiple rejections by publishers that made Charlotte finally wrote “Jane eyre”. “The Professor” is shortest of the tales by Charlotte but not incomplete, and is written with the same style of narrative and ... Read More »

Aisha, a romantic comedy directed by Rajashri Ojha was released in 2010 and received not good- not bad response on the box office. The movie is a loose interpretation of the Jane Austen novel “Emma“, set in the backdrop of rich and suave Delhi. So, let’s take a look. Read More »

“The sense of and Ending” is in news with its fetching the 2011 booker prize for its writer, Julain Barnes. This short novella has finally achieved for him what his previous works could not, inspite of repeated nominations. Read More »

“Villette” was first published in 1953 and was received with admiration from public as well as critics. This is Charlotte Bronte’s last accomplished work before her untimely death in 1855. As we have noted before, Charlotte wrote based on her observations and experiences from real life, so much so that the characters and events of her novels were identified by ... Read More »