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Happy Literature08 A Valediction : Forbidding Mourning‘A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning’ by John Donne is an incredibly famous poem. In it, Donne uses one of his famous conceits to depict the steadfast nature of his love. A Valediction : Forbidding Mourning is a personal poem showing the pure love and devotion of the poet to his beloved.
John wrote this poem on the occasion of parting from his wife, Anne More Donne, in late 1611. Donne was going on a diplomatic mission to France, leaving his wife behind in England. A "valediction" is a farewell speech. This poem cautions against grief about separation, and affirms the spec...2021-10-2712 minHappy Literature07 Rajmohan's WifeRajmohan's Wife by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay is the first ever English novel in India. Apart from that, this novel is the novelist's first novel ever.
Published in 1864, Rajmohan’s Wife is infact argued to be an allegory of modern India, of the kind of society that can rise out of the debris of an older, broken social order and of the new, albeit stunted, possibilities available to it under colonialism.
To explicate this allegory, Rajmohun’s Wife provides a backdrop a traditional Indian society and all its complex ideological, political, social, and cultural aspects. He t...2021-10-1726 minHappy Literature06 The CompromiseThis story is written by Vijaydan Detha. This is a very interesting story about a boy and his search for a companion & a guide with himself. the author has beautifully crafted the plot, here everyone can relate a bit of this story to themselves as, though for an instance, we all experience somewhere a moment of it in our journeys called life.
hope you will enjoy listening to this story.
About Author : Vijaydan Detha (1 September 1926 – 10 November 2013), also known as Bijji, was a noted Indian writer of Rajasthani literature.[1] He was a recipient of se...2021-10-1013 minHappy Literature05 BirthdayBirthday is a short story which was originally written in Malayalam by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and later translated to English by the original author himself.
Published in July 1979 by DC Books (first published April 1945)
The use of humor that Basheer employs in "Birthday" is to present a reality diametrically opposed to the conventional understanding surrounding one's special day.
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About Author : Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (21 January 1908 – 5 July 1994), also known as Beypore Sulthan, was an Indian independence activist and writer of Malayalam literature . He was a writer, humanist, fr...2021-10-0615 minHappy Literature04 YashodharaThis poem was published in 1933 AD. Maithilisharan Gupta wrote this Peom at the request of his younger brother Siyaram Sharan Gupt . This poem is about the story of Gautam Buddha 's great sacrifice. But, special importance has been given to the spiritual suffering of Yashodhara , the wife of Gautam Buddha. Overall, Yashodhara is presented as an ideal wife, superior mother and a strong feminine character. But the poet has also protected and kept intact Buddha's traditional and noble character.
About Maithili Sharan Gupt (3rd...2021-10-0307 minHappy Literature03 The PulleyGeorge Herbert’s metaphysical poem, ‘The Pulley’ is one of his best-known.
In this poem, the conceit revolves around the pulley. God uses it to depict humanity’s restless nature and the reason why human beings are incapable of being satisfied. When considering this conceit, think about the way that a pulley creates force and leverage. God kept “rest” to himself in order to always be able to pull mankind back. But, this choice means humankind is continually running from place to place seeking out satisfaction.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ha...2021-09-2908 minHappy Literature02 Daughter of a great house (बड़े घर की बेटी)This is a simple story about the power of forgiveness.
this is a story written by one of the 20th century most famous Indian Hindi novel writer Munshi Premchand.
hope you will like it.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/happy-literature/message2021-09-2611 minHappy Literature01 PygmalionPygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological figure. It premiered at the Hofburg Theatre in Vienna on 16 October 1913 and was first presented in English on stage to the public in 1913. Its English-language premiere took place at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End in April 1914 and starred Herbert Beerbohm Tree as phonetics professor Henry Higgins and Mrs Patrick Campbell as Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle.
While In Greek mythology Pygmalion (/pɪɡˈmeɪliən/; Ancient Greek: Πυγμαλίων Pugmalíōn, gen.: Πυγμαλίωνος) is a legendary figure of Cyprus, who was a king and a sculptor. He is most famili...2021-09-2230 minHappy LiteratureIntroductionThis is my first podcast, please have fun listening and give feedback :)
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/happy-literature/message2021-09-2001 min