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Chapter Summary “The Proposal” by Anton Chekov is a one-act play that talks about the tendencies of wealthy families to seek ties with other wealthy families to expand their wealth through the process of encouraging marriages which is mainly observed in the sense of economic facts. It is a play which shows the quarrelsome nature of all the characters and also displays how a wealthy family ruthlessly encouraged marriage to improve their economic status. Ivan Lomov is the principal protagonist who is a wealthy neighbour of Stepan Chubukov. He is seeking a groom for his twenty-five-year-old daughter, Natalya. There are ... Read More

Chapter Summary “The Portrait of a Lady” by Khushwant Singh is based on a real story. The whole story discusses the life journey about his grandmother which he had listened from her in his childhood. In this story, the writer has discussed the relationships with the grandma throughout her life journey. Before writing this story he minutely observed the daily activities of his grandmother. In order to disclose the portrait of his grandmother, he has provided her actual appearance along wither the emotional attachment with other family members. The relationship between the grandmother as well as grandson is beautifully ... Read More

Chapter Summary “The Great Stone Face-I” is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, explaining the life and livelihood of a person named Ernest. The man resides in a beautiful valley. In the story, the valley has been described as an ordinary town with specialities. The significance of the valley highlights some local Rocky Mountains. The rocks of the mountains are arranged in such a way that they all resemble a benevolent face and wise face from afar. Ernest gets fascinated by this benevolent face a lot, as his mother explains to him, the person who resembles the great stone ... Read More

Chapter Summary “The Sound of Music” story summaries the story of two music maestros and their music journey. Students will learn about the musical legends as the shehnai player. This story also signifies the great art of learning the music of Evelyn, who was not able to hear. She was taught music by feelings instead of listening to it by ear. Her teacher found potential within her and the probability of achieving something which was known as impossible at that time. This story also signifies the origin of shehnai, Bismillah Khan that made the use of a musical instrument called ... Read More

Chapter Summary “The Snake and the Mirror” is a story about self-discovery presented in a humorous shell. The narrator of the story is a foolish and vain young man who realises amid a moment of crisis that he is stupid poor and foolish. The narrator informed the readers that he came to know about this story from a homoeopathic doctor. The story follows the life of an unmarried doctor who indulges in deep thinking on a hot summer night. Suddenly in the middle of the thinking session, the doctor experienced a shock as he saw a snake had fallen on ... Read More

Chapter Summary The story “The Bond of Love” written by Kenneth Anderson is a beautiful story that catches the tropes of love and humanity by showcasing the love between an animal and a human. The story described the interaction and the bond between Bruno, a bear and the author’s wife who adopted him. Bruno or Baba was a gift to the author’s wife by the author as he rescued it and saved its life. As time flew by the author’s wife and Bruno developed a strong bond of love and soon, the author’s wife started treating Bruno like her own ... Read More

Chapter Summary “Reach for the Top” concerns the retelling of biographies of two most renowned and prominent women in today's world of discrimination against women. The text is about two women named Santosh Yadav and Maria Sharapova and their passion for their achievements. It is seen that these two personalities have struggled in their pathways to achieve their dreams. The common aspect in both their lives regards the hardships they have endured by defying all odds. Through their firm decisions and determination, both these two personalities have achieved their dreams. In order to achieve this, it is noticed that they ... Read More

Chapter Summary “Packing” is one of the most comic scenarios that have been taken from the famous book, named Three Men in a Boat by the author Jerome K. Jerome. This book encompasses around, Jerome and his two friends, named Harris and George and a dog named Montmorency. The narrative Packing was about three friends getting ready for their trip and in doing that they offer a fascinatingly hilarious drama. It is known that packing is quite essential prior to make a trip, and so the author Jerome and his friends initiated packing their essentials. However, through this packing ... Read More

Chapter Summary The story narrates the life of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam from his childhood memories and early life. This autobiographical account of the childhood of Dr Kalam embodies the themes of prejudice, harmony, change and tradition. The story further outlines the backgrounds and contexts that allowed Dr Kalam to become a successful scientist and the President of India. The story properly catches the tropes of the childhood of Dr Kalam starting from his upbringing to his friend circle, his siblings along with the influence of his parents in his life. In simple words, My Childhood is a statement of ... Read More

Chapter Summary The story “A Visit to Cambridge” describes the conversation between two extraordinary people. The common pattern of both people is that both were physically disabled. The name of The author is Firdaus Kanga, who is a journalist and writer from Mumbai. It is the description story of the author regarding his visit to Cambridge University in England and found the opportunity to meet and interview Stephen Hawking. The entire story elaborates on the exchange of ideas between both. This storyline presents Hawking’s opinion regarding his disability, which could not restrict him to achieve anything great. The vital factor ... Read More