Įrnest James Gaines was born in 1933 on River Lake Plantation in Louisiana. Includes a discussion of Victorian London, a timeline, and a list of Dickens’s major works. Resource page for Dickens information and works online. Websitesĭevoted to promoting the study and enjoyment of the life, times, and work of Charles Dickens. He died in 1870, leaving a legacy of work that depicts the sights, sounds, and smells of London and the customs of his day. Charles Dickens married in 1836 and fathered ten children. Pickwick, Uriah Heep, Miss Havisham, and Ebenezer Scrooge, all of whom have become household words. His imagination led to the creation of characters such as Mr. Dickens’s novels appeared first in monthly installments and were later made into books. He went on to write burlesque sporting sketches that gave him early fame. Dickens started out in 1833 by writing sketches of London life for periodicals that were later published as Sketches by Boz. Among his most famous books are A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and David Copperfield. He wrote from his own experiences, especially those from his childhood when his father was imprisoned for debt and he was forced to work in a blacking warehouse. Quotations on reflecting, adopting, and other topics.īiographical information on the author and an overview of the regional problems of NigeriaĬharles Dickens was an English novelist who was born in Portsmouth in 1812 and became one of the giants of literature. As Bruce King comments in Introduction to Nigerian Literature: “Achebe was the first Nigerian writer to successfully transmute the conventions of the novel, a European art form, into African literature.” In an Achebe novel, King notes, “European character study is subordinated to the portrayal of communal life European economy of form is replaced by an aesthetic appropriate to the rhythms of traditional tribal life.” Websitesīiography and information about his books.
Achebe’s feel for the African context has influenced his aesthetic of the novel as well as the technical aspects of his work. Instead he has embraced the idea at the heart of the African oral tradition: that art is, and always was, at the service of man. Since the 1950s, Nigeria has witnessed “the flourishing of a new literature.” Thirty years ago Chinua Achebe was one of the founders of this new literature, and over the years many critics have come to consider him the finest of the Nigerian novelists.Īchebe believes that our ancestors created their myths and told their stories for a human purpose and therefore “any good story, any good novel, should have a message…” Unlike some African writers struggling for acceptance among contemporary English-language novelists, Achebe has been able to avoid imitating the trends in English literature. It also talks about how they perceive their surroundings and what kind of society it creates.Albert Chinualumogu Achebe was born in 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria. The novel is about the lives and struggles of people who live in rural areas. The story of Valai Oosai has been written by Ramanichandran. The story revolves around how he copes with the cultural shock that he encounters while living abroad, and how it affects him and his family members back home in India. The book is about the life of Ramachandran who takes up a job in Singapore as an engineer and has to live there for many years. Venmaiyil Ethanai Nirangal Ramanichandran, a Tamil novel written by the author himself titled after his name.
Venmaiyil Ethanai Nirangal By Ramanichandran novel review It tells the story of one man, who goes on to become a writer, from birth till death – all through thoughts and memories that come to him at different points in time.ĥ. This is what makes UnUn Mugam Kandenadi Ramanichandran such an interesting read. The story of a person’s life is told through the memories and thoughts he has in his mind. Un Mugam Kandenadi Ramanichandran novel Review:
He has an uphill battle because he doesn’t have money or connections, but he does have clever ideas and some secrets up his sleeve that will help him win the fight. It is about a man named Ramanichandran who is fighting to save his family’s estate from being taken away by a ruthless businessman. I have read the Kandukonden Kathalai Ramanichandran novel and I really enjoyed it.
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