Sunday, November 25, 2007
by PBC
Full list of the 100 best works of fiction, alphabetically by author, as determined from a vote by 100 noted writers from 54 countries as released by the Norwegian Book Clubs. Don Quixote was named as the top book in history but otherwise no ranking was provided.
Albert Camus, France, (1913-1960), The Stranger
Alfred Doblin, Germany, (1878-1957), Berlin Alexanderplatz
Anton P Chekhov, Russia, (1860-1904), Selected Stories
Astrid Lindgren, Sweden, (1907-2002), Pippi Longstocking
Charles Dickens, England, (1812-1870), Great Expectations
Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, (b. 1930), Things Fall Apart
Dante Alighieri, Italy, (1265-1321), The Divine Comedy
Denis Diderot, France, (1713-1784), Jacques the Fatalist and His Master
DH Lawrence, England, (1885-1930), Sons and Lovers
Doris Lessing, England, (b.1919), The Golden Notebook
Edgar Allan Poe, United States, (1809-1849), The Complete Tales
Elsa Morante, Italy, (1918-1985), History
Emily Bronte, England, (1818-1848), Wuthering Heights
Ernest Hemingway, United States, (1899-1961), The Old Man and the Sea
Euripides, Greece, (c 480-406 BC), Medea
Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain, (1898-1936), Gypsy Ballads
Fernando Pessoa, Portugal, (1888-1935), The Book of Disquiet
Francois Rabelais, France, (1495-1553), Gargantua and Pantagruel
Franz Kafka, Bohemia, (1883-1924), The Complete Stories; The Trial; The Castle Bohemia
Fyodor M Dostoyevsky, Russia, (1821-1881), Crime and Punishment; The Idiot; The Possessed; The Brothers Karamazov
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Colombia, (b. 1928), One Hundred Years of Solitude; Love in the Time of Cholera
Geoffrey Chaucer, England, (1340-1400), Canterbury Tales
George Eliot, England, (1819-1880), Middlemarch
George Orwell, England, (1903-1950), 1984
Giacomo Leopardi, Italy, (1798-1837), Complete Poems
Gilgamesh, Mesopotamia (c 1800 BC).
Giovanni Boccaccio, Italy, (1313-1375), Decameron
Gunter Grass, Germany, (b.1927), The Tin Drum
Gustave Flaubert, France, (1821-1880), Madame Bovary; A Sentimental Education
Halldor K Laxness, Iceland, (1902-1998), Independent People
Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, (1805-1875), Fairy Tales and Stories
Henrik Ibsen, Norway (1828-1906), A Doll's House
Herman Melville, United States, (1819-1891), Moby Dick
Homer, Greece, (c 700 BC), The Iliad and The Odyssey
Honore de Balzac, France, (1799-1850), Old Goriot
Italo Svevo, Italy, (1861-1928), Confessions of Zeno
Jalal ad-din Rumi, Afghanistan, (1207-1273), Mathnawi
James Joyce, Ireland, (1882-1941), Ulysses
Jane Austen, England, (1775-1817), Pride and Prejudice
Joao Guimaraes Rosa, Brazil, (1880-1967), The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany, (1749-1832), Faust (English) (German)
Jonathan Swift, Ireland, (1667-1745), Gulliver's Travels
Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina, (1899-1986), Collected Fictions
Jose Saramago, Portugal, (b. 1922), Blindness
Joseph Conrad, England,(1857-1924), Nostromo
Juan Rulfo, Mexico, (1918-1986), Pedro Paramo
Kalidasa, India, (c. 400), The Recognition of Sakuntala (Abhijnanasakuntalam)
Knut Hamsun, Norway, (1859-1952), Hunger (English) (Hebrew)
Laurence Sterne, Ireland, (1713-1768), The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
Leo Tolstoy, Russia, (1828-1910), War and Peace; Anna Karenina; The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
Louis-Ferdinand Celine, France, (1894-1961), Journey to the End of the Night
Lu Xun, China, (1881-1936), Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
Mahabharata, India, (c 500 BC).
Marcel Proust, France, (1871-1922), Remembrance of Things Past
Marguerite Yourcenar, France, (1903-1987), Memoirs of Hadrian
Mark Twain, United States, (1835-1910), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Michel de Montaigne, France, (1533-1592), Essays
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spain, (1547-1616), Don Quixote
Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, (b. 1911), Children of Gebelawi
Nikolai Gogol, Russia, (1809-1852), Dead Souls
Nikos Kazantzakis, Greece, (1883-1957), Zorba the Greek
Njaals Saga, Iceland, (c 1300).
Ovid, Italy, (c 43 BC), Metamorphoses
Paul Celan, Romania/France, (1920-1970), Poems
Ralph Ellison, United States, (1914-1994), Invisible Man
Robert Musil, Austria, (1880-1942), The Man Without Qualities
Salman Rushdie, India/Britain, (b. 1947), Midnight's Children
Samuel Beckett, Ireland, (1906-1989), Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable
Sheikh Musharrif ud-din Sadi, Iran, (c 1200-1292), The Orchard
Shikibu Murasaki, Japan, (N/A), The Tale of Genji Genji
Sophocles, Greece, (496-406 BC), Oedipus the King
Stendhal, France, (1783-1842), The Red and the Black
Tayeb Salih, Sudan, (b. 1929), Season of Migration to the North
The Book of Job, Israel. (600-400 BC).
Thomas Mann, Germany, (1875-1955), Buddenbrook; The Magic Mountain
Thousand and One Nights, India/Iran/Iraq/Egypt, (700-1500).
Toni Morrison, United States, (b. 1931), Beloved
Valmiki, India, (c 300 BC), Ramayana (online-link)
Virgil, Italy, (70-19 BC), The Aeneid
Virginia Woolf, England, (1882-1941), Mrs. Dalloway; To the Lighthouse
Vladimir Nabokov, Russia/United States, (1899-1977), Lolita
Walt Whitman, United States, (1819-1892), Leaves of Grass
William Faulkner, United States, (1897-1962), Absalom, Absalom!; The Sound and the Fury
William Shakespeare, England, (1564-1616), Hamlet; King Lear; Othello
Yasunari Kawabata, Japan, (1899-1972), The Sound of the Mountain
Source of the information: Guardian Unlimited
Saturday, November 24, 2007
by PBC
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
by PBC
Check the link of following Authors (collection)
Agatha Christie
Arthur Hailey
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)
Leo Nikolayevitch Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Agatha Christie
Arthur Hailey
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)
Leo Nikolayevitch Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
by PBC
This one for my friend Rakesh. Earlier planned to add it later. My favorite Hindi writer since 1978.
his novels...
Before Premchand; Nazeer Ahmad, Sarshar and Mirza Hadi Ruswa have written novels in Urdu. But Premchand has a unique place when it comes to Urdu novels and short stories. He emphasized in presenting the realities of life and he made Indian Villages his center of writing. His novels describe the problems faced by the villagers and poor and what could be the solutions. How the priests, local business folks (mahajan) and the landlords were exploiting the villagers. He also emphasized on the Hindu-Muslim unity. His famous works include Gau-daan, Maidan-e-Amal, Bay-waH, Chaugaan etc.
short stories...
It would not be wrong to say Premchand as the Father of Urdu Short- Stories. Short stories or afsana was started by Premchand. As with his novels, his afsanas, also mirrors the society that he lived in. With a break from the past his characters are not all good or bad but somewhere in between. His characters are based on real life people and as in real life sometime we see a good side or the bad side of the person.
Premchand's style of writing is simple and flowing some of his works shows very good use of satire and humor. His later works used very simple words and he started including Hindi words too to honestly portray his characters. In the later stages of his life He turned his attention to Hindi and now Premchand is claimed by both Urdu and Hindi literature as their own. His famous afsanas are qaatil ki maaN, zewar ka DibbaH, gilli DanDa, eidgaah, namak ka darogHaaH, kafan. His collected stories have been published as prem pachisi, prem battisi, wardaat, zaad-e-raah etc.
[Based on Urdu Adab ki Tareekh by Azeem-ul-haq Junaidi published by Educational Book House, Muslim University Market, Aligarh 200202 INDIA]
Premchand (1880-1936)
the man...
His real name was Dhanpat Rai but he is famous with his pen name of Premchand or Munshi Premchand. He was born in Pandepur, a village near Banaras (now Varanasi). His father Munshi Ajaib Lal was a clerk in the Postal Department. Premchand was just eight years old when his mother died. His grand-mother took the responsibility of raising him, but she died soon after that. Meanwhile his father married again and Premchand was left without the love of his father too.
He was married when he was 15 and was in the 9th grade. His father also died and after passing the intermediate he had to stop his study. He got a job as a teacher in the Primary School, after a series of promotion he became Deputy Inspectors of Schools. In response to Mahatma Gandhi call of non-cooperation with the British he quit his job. After that he devoted his full attention to writing. His first story appeared in the magazine Zamana published from Kanpur.
He was married when he was 15 and was in the 9th grade. His father also died and after passing the intermediate he had to stop his study. He got a job as a teacher in the Primary School, after a series of promotion he became Deputy Inspectors of Schools. In response to Mahatma Gandhi call of non-cooperation with the British he quit his job. After that he devoted his full attention to writing. His first story appeared in the magazine Zamana published from Kanpur.
his novels...
Before Premchand; Nazeer Ahmad, Sarshar and Mirza Hadi Ruswa have written novels in Urdu. But Premchand has a unique place when it comes to Urdu novels and short stories. He emphasized in presenting the realities of life and he made Indian Villages his center of writing. His novels describe the problems faced by the villagers and poor and what could be the solutions. How the priests, local business folks (mahajan) and the landlords were exploiting the villagers. He also emphasized on the Hindu-Muslim unity. His famous works include Gau-daan, Maidan-e-Amal, Bay-waH, Chaugaan etc.
short stories...
It would not be wrong to say Premchand as the Father of Urdu Short- Stories. Short stories or afsana was started by Premchand. As with his novels, his afsanas, also mirrors the society that he lived in. With a break from the past his characters are not all good or bad but somewhere in between. His characters are based on real life people and as in real life sometime we see a good side or the bad side of the person.
Premchand's style of writing is simple and flowing some of his works shows very good use of satire and humor. His later works used very simple words and he started including Hindi words too to honestly portray his characters. In the later stages of his life He turned his attention to Hindi and now Premchand is claimed by both Urdu and Hindi literature as their own. His famous afsanas are qaatil ki maaN, zewar ka DibbaH, gilli DanDa, eidgaah, namak ka darogHaaH, kafan. His collected stories have been published as prem pachisi, prem battisi, wardaat, zaad-e-raah etc.
[Based on Urdu Adab ki Tareekh by Azeem-ul-haq Junaidi published by Educational Book House, Muslim University Market, Aligarh 200202 INDIA]
Premchand's Short Stories & Novels
Check other Hindi Links, add today for all Hindi lovers.
Monday, November 19, 2007
by PBC
UPDATE:
31/01/2008: 3 more Tintin files added today.
Total 76 comics and books in English. In fact there are 75 books, but one in two parts.
Asterix and Tintin (download links)
31/01/2008: 3 more Tintin files added today.
Total 76 comics and books in English. In fact there are 75 books, but one in two parts.
Asterix and Tintin (download links)
#001.Why decided to start a new blog with already distributed books & comics? This post is dedicated to all comic lovers of INDRAJAL Comics.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
by PBC
Four-five years ago tried to find some favorite books and comics, but in vain. Two months ago, again decided to search, find out that many were available and now links are lost. Since last 2 months, I am on forced vacation. Till 15th Jan 2008, I will have a plenty of times. Initially I was collecting all possible books for myself which I want to read. But now wish to help to those people who gave a lot of time in searching like me. If I able to spread my favorites to 100 people, THE HARD WORK of those people will never be lost who scanned or uploaded for OTHERS. These books and comics will return back to the net, again and again for it lovers.
In childhood most part of the money spent on books. CHAMPAK, PARAG, CHANDAMAMA and NANDAN were bought for me by parents. But it was not enough for me. The very first comic was Phantom (Indrajal-1977). Parents were not agreeing with my choice for comics. But I spend all my pocket money on it. My collection is lost forever, but thanks to the following blogs, I’m recollecting again, not only for myself but for my twins too. Some are not publishing; some are not available everywhere.
Visit to encourage their GREAT EFFORTS:
http://thecomicproject.blogspot.com/
http://indrajal-comics.blogspot.com/
http://comic-guy.blogspot.com/
http://anupam-agrawal.blogspot.com/
http://mandrake-comics.blogspot.com/
http://thephantomhead.blogspot.com/
I’ll add links to sites from where you can take it yourself. If there is need, will rearrange them in one folder, but after sometimes with the kind permission of the CREATORS. Try to help to all fans, to find the book in shortest time. Time is the most valuable. Let’s use every saved second in reading or passing with the family and friends.
First post is for them who want to collect published copies of INDRAJAL COMICS as soon as possible. But for new one you have to go to the above one.
In childhood most part of the money spent on books. CHAMPAK, PARAG, CHANDAMAMA and NANDAN were bought for me by parents. But it was not enough for me. The very first comic was Phantom (Indrajal-1977). Parents were not agreeing with my choice for comics. But I spend all my pocket money on it. My collection is lost forever, but thanks to the following blogs, I’m recollecting again, not only for myself but for my twins too. Some are not publishing; some are not available everywhere.
Visit to encourage their GREAT EFFORTS:
http://thecomicproject.blogspot.com/
http://indrajal-comics.blogspot.com/
http://comic-guy.blogspot.com/
http://anupam-agrawal.blogspot.com/
http://mandrake-comics.blogspot.com/
http://thephantomhead.blogspot.com/
I’ll add links to sites from where you can take it yourself. If there is need, will rearrange them in one folder, but after sometimes with the kind permission of the CREATORS. Try to help to all fans, to find the book in shortest time. Time is the most valuable. Let’s use every saved second in reading or passing with the family and friends.
First post is for them who want to collect published copies of INDRAJAL COMICS as soon as possible. But for new one you have to go to the above one.
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