I've been reading some short stories by Ismat Chughtai, where I've noticed a repeating motif of romantic relationships in which one person has light skin and the other has dark.
The Veil: "At fourteen she became engaged to her mother's uncle. He was as dark as she was fair. [...] Her pale, silke...
During a Pub quiz early this week, a Shakespeare quote emerged in German translation, and I am keen to know the original wording and the work it stems from, or if it is possibly part of his notes.
This is my English translation of the line I heard in German:
Do not bemoan what cannot be altered ...
I read this book probably in the 1999-2001 range, as a library book. I don't recall the particular copy having notable wear or fading like it had been around for a long time.
The 'plot' involved a modern class of schoolkids having a field trip unintentionally land in Ancient Egypt. There were sev...
Every other design for social media, I face this problem. I discussed this in room also. I came to know that different countries have different views. They also gave examples about book spine. Which I couldn't understand very well.
Now I know it can be opinion based. But I also know this is a g...
The Internet Archive has in it's entirety J. B. Priestley's biography of George Meredith. On page 115 Priestley says that the first five lines of Meredith's "Ode to the Comic Spirit" are:
Sword of Common Sense !—
Our surest gift : the sacred chain
Of man to man : firm earth for trust
In st...