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Summary of Guy De Maupassant’s The Necklace
The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant is a story of a middle-class lady named Matilda. She was born in a clerk family and was married to a clerk named M Loisel. She was very pretty but was dissatisfied in life because of her ‘poverty’. Once she borrowed a necklace from her friend Madame Forestier and…
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The Making of a Scientist – Summary
The Making of a Scientist by Robert W. Peterson, is about the great scientist Richard H. Ebright. He had a habit of collecting butterflies, rock fossils and coins since he was a kid. He started scientific research on the study of butterflies. His curiosity and will to win for the right reasons made him a…
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The Midnight Visitor – Summary
The Midnight Visitor by Robert Arthur tells how Ausable outwits Max by making up convincing stories. Ausable, a secret agent, is expecting to get a very important report. Another secret agent, Max, threatens him with a pistol, demanding the report. Summary Ausable was a secret agent in an organization. He was a fat man with…
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The Hack Driver – Summary
The Hack Driver by Sinclair Lewis is about a man named Oliver Lutkins. He was a cunning man who was a witness in a case, but he ignored all the summons for appearing. A young lawyer was given the duty to find this man in New Mullion. There he met a helpful hack driver. The…
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Summary of H. G. Wells’s Footprints Without Feet
Footprints without Feet by H. G. Wells is about a scientist who discovered how to make himself invisible. As he was afraid of being discovered in London, where he had committed some crimes, he ran away to a remote village. However, he ran out of money and resorted to robbery, using his advantage of invisibility.…
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Summary of Ruskin Bond’s The Thief’s Story
The Thief’s Story by Ruskin Bond is about a 15-year-old boy, Hari Singh, whose life changes when he meets Anil, a 25-year-old writer. Anil’s unspoken words and kind gestures leave very positive imprints on Hari Singh who is an artful thief. Summary Hari Singh is the narrator of this story. He is an artful thief.…
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The Book that Saved the Earth – Summary
The Book that Saved the Earth is play is set in the 25th century at the museum of Ancient History. A historian tells the students how the Earth had been invaded by Martians in the 21st century, but was saved by a book of nursery rhymes. Summary This play is set in the twenty-fifth century…
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A Question of Trust – Summary
In the story, A Question of Trust by Victor Canning, Horace Danby collects rare books, and finances his hobby by breaking safes. This year, however, he is caught by a pretty young lady claiming to be the wife of the house owner. She tricks him into opening the safe and handing her the jewels. Horace…
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Bholi – Summary
Bholi by A. K. Abbas is the story of Sulekha. She is a young girl neglected by all. Education transforms her. It inspires courage and confidence in her. She raises her voice for her rights. Summary The main character of this story is a simple girl, named Bholi. Her real name is Sulekha and she…
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Summary of James Herriot’s A Triumph of Surgery
A Triumph of Surgery by James Herriot recounts the episode where the narrator, a veterinary surgeon, saves the life of a dog, Tricki, by hospitalizing him to prevent him from being overfed by his wealthy owner, Mrs. Pumphrey, who was simply worsening his condition. Summary Dr. Herriot had pulled up his car when he saw…