Nan Kitap

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland provides an inexhaustible source of literary, philosophical, and scientific themes.Lewis Carroll's Adventures in Wonderland provides a physical removal from reality by creating a fantastical world and adventure in the mind of a young girl. In this separation, Carroll..

Published in serial form in 1914–1915, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is celebrated as one of the great literary pioneers of the twentieth century. Joyce was one of the first writers to make extensive and convincing use of stream of consciousness, a stylistic form in which written prose see..

Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, Bram Stoker’s book tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abr..

Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's the first of his great and successful novels, which won him great renown. A pastoral novel belonging to the category of tragi-comedy is set against the rural background of Wessex, and depicts the ups and downs, the joys and sorrows, the comedy and ..

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein all the ingredients of the gothic tale are there – the castle, the stormy weather, a monster, violent death, gory effects and passionate love. It can be read at many levels; today most people will associate it with a classic horror story. However, considering its full ..

Great Expectations has always been rated among the very greatest of Dickens’ achievements. Great Expectations isn’t complicated or arcane: it speaks to the reader frankly and forcefully. But it doesn’t have a ‘theme’ which can be glibly summarized: it’s simply the story of a middle-aged man attempti..

Gulliver's Travels, most famous work of Jonathan Swift is a misanthropic anatomy of human nature. Each of the four books has a different theme, but all are attempts to deflate human pride. It may be a politico-sociological treatise in the form of a satire; a protest against Imperialism and Coloniali..

The shortest of Dickens' novels, Hard Times, was also, until quite recently, the least regarded of them. The comedy is savagely and scornfully sardonic, to the virtual exclusion of the humour - that delighted apprehension of and rejoicing in idiosyncrasy and absurdity for their own sakes, which ofte..

With her 1847 novel, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte created one of the most unforgettable heroines of all time. Jane Eyre is a young orphan being raised by Mrs. Reed, her cruel, wealthy aunt. A servant named Bessie provides Jane with some of the few kindnesses she receives, telling her stories and sing..

Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, published in 1925, was a bestseller both in Britain and the United States despite its departure from typical novelistic style.The method she used, the representation of the stream of consciousness, reflected her need to go beyond the clumsiness of the factual realism ..

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice was first published in 1813 and the book has since it appeared been extremely popular, and it is still sold and read by a huge audience. It seems that Austen's themes of love, class and money in the late 18th century continue to appeal to many new readers.Set in the..

Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He died at the young age of 52 leaving many to wonder what other masterpieces he might have written had he lived longer. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets in his lifetime. He is seen as one of the world’s greates..

Widely acknowledged as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's adventure story of a shipwrecked sailor became an instant classic upon its publication in 1719 and the yardstick for countless castaway narratives to follow. Robinson Crusoe is more than a great yarn, it is an allegory rife with moral an..

Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He died at the young age of 52 leaving many to wonder what other masterpieces he might have written had he lived longer. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets in his lifetime. He is seen as one of the world’s greates..

Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He died at the young age of 52 leaving many to wonder what other masterpieces he might have written had he lived longer. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets in his lifetime. He is seen as one of the world’s greates..

This is the story of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, sisters who respectively represent the "sense" and "sensibility" of the title. With their mother, their sister Margaret, and their stepbrother John, they make up the Dashwood family. In this work Jane Austen presents her concern in moralistic points..

Considered Lawrence's first masterpiece, most critics of the day praised Sons and Lovers for its authentic treatment of industrial life and sexuality. There is evidence that Lawrence was aware of Sigmund Freud's early theories on sexuality, and Sons and Lovers deeply explores and revises of one of F..

As a variation on the Faust legend, with echoes of the fall of man and the Adonis myth, and as an examination of the relationship between art and life, The Picture of Dorian Gray still fascinates readers and gaves rise to many different interpretations.The novel centers on Dorian Gray, a young man o..

Comparing to Woolf’s earlier works, To the lighthouse is a greater and more complex book as it intertwines the thoughts and reflections of numerous different people and their relationships with each other over a period of ten years.The story takes place on the Isle of skye just before the first worl..

Wuthering Heights is a tale of two families, the Earnshaws and the Lintons. The story is set in an extreme landscape on the wild moors, weather-beaten by icy winds, storms and rain. Characters are imprisoned or confined in Wuthering Heights. The ghost of Catherine Linton appears in the opening chapt..