Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written. From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied consciousness of Raskolnikov who, against his better instincts, is inexorably drawn to commit a brutal double murder.From that moment on, we share his conflictin..
this edition of the book of job provides a fully annotated text in the new international version (niv) of the bible. the king james version (kjv) is included for comparison and to enable the modern reader to fully appreciate the poetical quality that is often lost in the niv. joban ethics anticipate..
I return to Delhi as I return to my mistress Bhagmati when I have had my fill of whoring in foreign lands . . .’ Thus begins Khushwant Singh’s vast, erotic magnum opus on the city of Delhi. The principal narrator of the saga, which extends over six hundred years, is a bawdy, ageing reprobate who lov..
this critical edition of the play provides a fully annotated b text version(1616) of dr. faustus with additional primary sources and background material. it caters to the requirement of the students and scholars who are studying the play in relation to its broader philosophical, theoretical, literar..
This macabre tragic play was first preformed at the Globe theatre is 1614. The love story is based on true events from the 1500's. The Duchess marries a commoner and her two brothers exact their revenge with tragic results for themselves. The play becomes quite violent in the latter scenes. The comp..
Hari, Alok and Ryan are desperate to get into one of the engineering schools in India. They spend their days studying very hard, but the stress and monotony of their academic work puts them on an all-time low. This is the story of how the trio tries really hard to cope with the system in more ways t..
Victor Frankenstein has one ambition in life — to create a human being in his own shape and form, a body that he could give life to. His studies at the University of Ingolstadt help him assemble a body that he is able to bring to life. But something goes wrong — The human he creates looks nothing li..
First published in 1818, reprinted in 1823, revised and reissued in 1831, Frankenstein has since seen a series of re-working. Read variously as a cautionary fable against Faustian ambition, a feminist critique of "male" science/Romanticism, an allegorization of class relations or an ambivalent explo..