‘Bobok’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Short Story Analysis ‘Bobok’ was penned by Dostoevsky in the year 1873. ‘Bobok’ means two things: ‘a small bean’ and ‘nonsense’. This is a philosophical story told in the nonsense style to bring to mind several aspects of intellectual thought but in a humorous way. It is essentially the story of the narrator Ivan Ivanovitch, a complacent … [Read more...] about ‘Bobok’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Short Story Analysis
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‘The Little Orphan’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Short Story Analysis
‘The Little Orphan’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Short Story Analysis This short story was published by Dostoevsky in 1887. It’s very much similar to Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale ‘The Little Match Girl’ or ‘The Little Match Seller’. Andersen’s story was published earlier in 1845. I shall review Andersen’s story tomorrow, but today I will be analyzing Dostoevsky’s ‘The … [Read more...] about ‘The Little Orphan’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Short Story Analysis
‘An Honest Thief’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Short Story Analysis
‘An Honest Thief’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Short Story Analysis Fyodor Dostoevsky is one of the few writers who are credited to have been early existentialists. This is obvious in the author’s books and short stories including this one. ‘An Honest Thief’ shows Dostoevsky’s in-depth knowledge of psychology as well as the mental, social, cultural and political condition of … [Read more...] about ‘An Honest Thief’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Short Story Analysis
‘Under the Banyan Tree & Other Stories’ by R.K. Narayan: Summary
‘Under the Banyan Tree & Other Stories’ was published in 1985 by Indian writer R.K. Narayan and is a collection of many of his short stories spanning his entire literary career till that time. The short stories in this collection are penned at different times in R. K. Narayan’s career, which includes ‘Nitya’, which was then his most recent short story. Some of these stories … [Read more...] about ‘Under the Banyan Tree & Other Stories’ by R.K. Narayan: Summary
‘Men’ by Kay Boyle: Short Story Analysis
‘Men’ is a World War Two historical short story penned by American writer Kay Boyle. The short story is about the lives of some French prisoners of war who were missing their families and homes because of the never-ending war and their confinement in the prison labor camps of France. Kay Boyle highlights the sense of conflict between those whose eyes are open to the actual … [Read more...] about ‘Men’ by Kay Boyle: Short Story Analysis