Writer: Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer Characters: Jonathan Iwegbu His wife and three children The thieves The neighbors Summary: After the Nigerian civil war (1967-1970) ends, Jonathan Iwegbu feels very happy and lucky to find himself, his wife and their three children still alive. He recovers his bicycle which he had hidden burying under the soil... Continue Reading →
An Astrologer’s Day
Writer: R. K. Narayan, Indian writer Characters: An astrologer Guru Nayak The astrologer’s wife Summary: An astrologer earns his living through the business of fortune telling. With his forehead smeared with sacred ash and vermilion, and a saffron-colored turban around his head, he sits under a tree in a park and gives service to his... Continue Reading →
The Half-closed Eyes of the Buddha and the Slowly Sinking Sun
Writer: Shankar Lamichhane, Nepalese writer Characters: A foreign tourist A tourist guide (Nepalese) Special technique used: Stream of consciousness Summary: A foreign tourist has read about Nepal and, fascinated, has come to see the country’s beauty with his own eyes. Talking to his Nepalese guide he praises beautiful smiles and eyes of Nepal – from... Continue Reading →
The Treasure in the Forest
Genre: Short story Writer: H. G. Wells (1866-1946), English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian, best known for science fiction novels. Theme: Consequence of greed Characters: 1. Evans 2. Hooker 3. Chang-hi Summary One night in a forest Evans and Hooker, two English wastrels, overhear three Chinamen talk about lost Spanish treasure. A Chinaman, named Chang-hi,... Continue Reading →
The Strange-Looking Man
The story “The Strange-Looking Man” by Fanny Kemble Johnson, taken from Women's Writing on the First World War, Agnes Cardinal, Dorothy Goldman and Judith Hattaway, Eds., features in B.Ed. 1st Year’s General English book (Tribhuvan University). Below is the summary of the story, a fable. In a war-affected village there are only women left now. A few... Continue Reading →
The Oval Portrait
The Oval Portrait is a short horror story written by Edgar Allan Poe, an American writer (1809-1849). In the story, an artist wants to make a portrait of his young wife, but becomes so obsessed with his work that he doesn’t realize his wife is dying meanwhile. The story features the relationship between art and... Continue Reading →
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