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A Short Summary of the Essay, "Sir Isaac Newton" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Sir Isaac Newton by Nathaniel Hawthorne About the Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne was a well-known American novelist, and short story writer. Guilt was the important theme of his works. He is best known for The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851). Summary of the Essay: The present text was published in Hawthorne’s True Stories from History and Biography (1851). The essay is a short biography which can be read as a short story about life of Sir Isaac Newton. The story begins with the childhood and shows the brilliant mind of young Newton as he was interested in the workings of mechanics and mathematics. He shows his interests by his small inventions and replicas of windmills. The story later continues with his research about the nature of light. The short story brilliantly captures the nature of Newton’s personality. Newton was born in a small village of Woolsthorpe, in England in 1642. After the death of Newton’s father, his mother married to a clergy
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A Short Summary of the Essay, "With the Photographer" by Stephen Leacock

With the Photographer by Stephen Leacock About the Author:       Stephen Leacock was born in Britain but brought up in Canada. He taught for some years at McGill University in Montreal. He is best known as a humorist. His many volumes of humourous essays and stories include Literary Lapses, Nonsense Novels and Friendship Fiction. Summary of the Essay:       With the Photographer is an interesting account of Leacock’s meeting with a photographer. He remembers his experience of getting a photograph taken with an observant eye for detail. He records his sharp reactions to having his face reshaped and retouched by the skilled photographer. Leacock shows a special kind of humour in this essay.       The writer wants to take his photograph. He goes to the photographer and tells him that he wants to take his photograph. The photographer is busy and asks him to wait. The photographer is a thin man with green eyes like a scientist. The writer waits for an hour. He reads some magazines to pass t
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A Short Summary of the Essay, "The Three Questions" by Leo Tolstoy

The Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy About the Author:       Leo Tolstoy was a great Russian thinker and writer. He wrote many novels, short stories and an autobiography called My Confession containing his religious experiences. War and Peace and Anna Karenina are his famous works. His literary works are union of great moral conviction and realistic details. He rejected all outward forms and dogmas of religion but returned his belief in God and love of men. Summary of the essay:       The central idea of the story is what is truly important at any given time is what we are doing at that moment, the reason why we are doing it, how it will help someone else at that moment, and the most important time is always now.       Once there was a king in a certain Kingdom. He wants to find out the answers for three questions. His questions are; what is the most important time to start anything. The second question is; who are the most important people. The third question is; what is the most import
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A Short Summary of the Essay, "The Homecoming" by Rabindranath Tagore

The Homecoming by Rabindranath Tagore About the Author:       Rabindranath Tagore was a twentieth century Bengali freedom fighter, educationist, playwright and a poet. He went England for his education but came back to India. He started an experimental school at Santiniketan. He joined Indian National Movement and he was a great friend of Mahatma Gandhi. He was awarded Nobel Prize for literature for his famous work, ‘Gitanjali’. He was awarded the title, ‘Sir’ by the British Government which he later returned in protest against the British policies in India. He translated much of his poetry and received popularity for his work. His famous collections of poetry are Manasi, Sonar Tari and Gitanjali. He also wrote plays and short stories namely Gora and Ghare-Baire. Summary of the Essay:       The present story is about a teenager boy named Phatik who feels homesick after he leaves his home for education. It is about the psychology of the teenagers. The writer through the character of Pha
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A Short Summary of the Essay, "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde

The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde About the Author:       Oscar Wilde is an Irish writer. He was born in Dublin. He was a very successful academician. He graduated from Oxford University. He was influenced by the ideas of aestheticism. He was also influenced by the ideas of John Ruskin. He published The Happy Prince and Other Tales in 1888 which is a collection of fairy tales and poems. Summary of the Essay:       The Happy Prince is a story of a statue and a bird by the name Swallow. The statue of the Happy Prince is erected on a very high place in the city. The statue is covered with leaves made of gold. There are two bright sapphires in his eyes and there is a large red ruby in his sword hilt. Everybody in the city admires the statue and considers it as very beautiful, attractive and happy. The young children, men and women in the city like the statue very much and they want to be like the statue.       One night there comes a bird in the city. The name of the bird is a Swallow. The
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A Short Summary of the Essay, "The Eyes are Not Here" by Ruskin Bond

The Eyes are Not Here by Ruskin Bond About the Author:       Ruskin Bond was born in Himachal Pradesh but grew up in Gujarat, Dehradun and Shimla. He has written more than hundred short stories, essays, novels and more than thirty books for children. He has also published the three collections of short stories; The Night Train at Deoli, Time Stops at Shamli and Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra . He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing in India in 1992. He also published a collection of non fiction writing under the title Rain in the Mountain . Summary of the Essay:       The Eyes are Not Here is a short story by Ruskin bond. It was originally published in contemporary Indian English stories. It is a deeply touching story about two co-passengers in a train who are both blind and do not realise that the other is. The irony is in the fact that the narrator of the story learns that his co-passenger was blind only after she had got off the train. There is pathos and irony
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A Short Summary of the Essay, "The Bet" by Anton Chekov

The Avenger by Anton Chekov About the Author:       Anton Chekhov was a Russian short story writer and playwright. He wrote about human loneliness and frustration. He shows a sense of sympathy towards his characters and tries his best to present life as it is. His characters constantly face inner turmoils. He has written famous stories like The Bet, The Duel, The Lady with the Dog, The Black Monk, etc. Summary of the Essay:       The Bet is a story that shows the deep agony of a man who is faced with the conflict in life between what is important in terms of self improvement and monetary gain. Chekov uses the situation to present the idea that imprisonment does not necessarily deprive a person of their freedom. Chekov conveys the importance of life over material possessions.       The Bet is a story of two characters. They are the banker and the lawyer. The flashback technique is used in the beginning where the banker remembers how fifteen years before he had given a party. Many people
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