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Premchand's literary career started as a freelancer in Urdu. In his initial short stories, he has depicted the patriotic upsurge that was sweeping the country in the first decade of the 19th century and wrote of the life around him and made his readers aware of the problems of the urban middle class and the country's villages. With Premchand's versatile writing skill, the stories took a valuable space in Indian literature. This book is an integration of 41 stories by Premchand.

Meet Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip Witch and her crazy witch family in this ten-book cozy mystery box set.

Written with compassionate realism and wit, the stories in this mesmerizing collection depict the disparities of town and village life in South America, of the frightfully poor and outrageously rich, of memories and illusions, and of lost opportunities and present joys. Stories include "No One Writes to the Colonel", "Tuesday Siesta", "One of These Days", "There Are No Thieves in This Town", "Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon", "Montiel's Widow", "One Day After Saturday", "Artificial Roses", and "Big Mama's Funeral".

Urdu bhaasha ke prakhyaat kahaaneekaar Saaadat hasan Manto vishv katha sahitya kaa ek aisa naam hai, jisase sahitya kee samajh aur prem rakhne vaala pratyek paathak parichit hai. Manto ne apane jeevan kaal mein samaaj kee jis gandagee aur ghinaunepan kaa anubhav kiya tatha jindagee ke jahar ko mahasoos kiya, use hee apnee kahaaniyon mein utaara. Manto kee kahaaniyaan ek arth mein manovaigyaanik sansanee paida karne vaalee kahaaniyaan hain.

Premchand ne hindi kahaanee ko ek nishchit pariprekshy aur kalaatmak aadhaar diya. Unkee kahaaniyaan parivesh buntee hai. Paatr chuntee hai. Uske sanvaad bikal usee bhaav-bhoomi se liye jaate hain jis bhaav-bhoomi mein ghatna ghat rahee hai. Isliye paathak kahaanee ke saath ansyoot ho jaata hai. Isliye Premchand yathaarthvaadee kahaaneekaar hain. Lekin ve ghatna ko jyon ka tyon likhne ko kahaanee nahin maante.

Discover the timeless charm of Munshi Premchand's storytelling with "Mansarovar 1," a captivating collection of short stories that delve into the heart of Indian life. Each tale in this collection paints a vivid portrait of society, capturing the complexities of human emotions and social dynamics with Premchand's characteristic insight and empathy. From rural landscapes to urban challenges, these stories reflect the nuances of Indian culture and the human condition.

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook Murder on the Links In Agatha Christie’s class mystery Murder on the Links, Hercule Poirot attempts to unravel the grisly conundrum of not one, but two dead bodies discovered on a French golf course. An urgent cry for help brings...

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook In Agatha Christie’s class mystery Murder on the Links, Hercule Poirot attempts to unravel the grisly conundrum of not one, but two dead bodies discovered on a French golf course. An urgent cry for help brings Hercule Poirot to...

Ride along with four calls in my career. Each one is based on true events, names and specific details have been changed for legal and privacy purposes. Otherwise, these calls are what happened based on my experience. You will ride along in my deep first-person perspective. It is intense. It is adult. It is life changing. The job is intense, grueling, and requires mental, emotional, and physical resilience. Most paramedics quit within the first few years. We leave EMS because of low pay, high stress, and bad work-life balance. So why do the job? Because we love it.

One for the Trouble: Book Slam, Volume One is the first release from the UK’s premier literary event. Eighteen Book Slam alumni, from household names like Irvine Welsh and William Boyd to newcomers like Kate Tempest and Sophie Woolley, were approached to take a song title for inspiration for a new short story or poem. Some took this literally (Jon McGregor’s moving reimagining of A House’s 'Endless Art', for example); others suggestively....

Reuben thought he’d spend the rest of his life with Beth, until she broke his heart six months ago. He’s not even remotely over her, so he’s devastated to hear she’s getting married—this weekend. Now he’s faced with the ultimate question: what should he do on the day of the wedding? Grieve? Disrupt the ceremony? Or do everything in his power to pretend it’s not happening? Enlisting the help of his friends, Reuben is all set to mark the occasion with distraction on a grand scale: Ferraris, champagne, and a VIP box at the races.

The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic. A clear case of murder and suicide. But why would a dentist commit a crime in the middle...

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook The Secret Adversary From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo—now a movie on both Acorn TV and PBS. Tommy and Tuppence are young, in...

Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) needs no introduction. One of the greatest stars of Urdu literature, Manto published over 20 collections of short stories in a literary career spanning almost two decades. Several of these have been adapted into films and plays that have won a multitude of awards and his stories about the 1947 Partition remain some of the best accounts ever written on the catastrophic event.

Written in simple language, 100 Desi Stories to Inspire You keeps the tradition of storytelling alive through a compilation of short stories that will appeal to a wide audience. The stories are invaluable life lessons on situations we experience in our everyday living. From creativity and innovation to teamwork and leadership; from love and courage to maturity and confidence...the tales are thought-provoking and cover almost every human emotion.

Weaving tales of the everyday world transformed into an unrecognizable place, where reason no longer exists and logic ceases to explain the workings of the universe, Clive Barker provides the stuff of nightmares in packages too tantalizing to resist. This first volume contains the short stories : "The Book of Blood," "The Midnight Meat Train," "The Yattering and Jack," "Sex, Death, and Starshine," and "In the Hills, the Cities,"

In A Few Quick Ones, P. G. Wodehouse brings together some of his oldest friends for a party. Jeeves and Wooster are there, so is Mr Mulliner and the Oldest Member.

அமரர் கல்கி சிறு கதைகள் தொகுப்பு - 1.

இராமர் இந்து இதிகாசங்களின்படி, இந்துக் கடவுள் விஷ்ணுவின் ஏழாவது அவதாரம் மற்றும் இச்வாகு குல அயோத்தியின் அரசர் தசரதனின் நான்கு மகன்களில் மூத்தவர். மற்றவர்கள் இலக்குவன், பரதன், சத்துருகனன் ஆவர்.

Dans ce premier volume des Fleurs animées, Grandville convie à un jardin où l’esprit du XIXe siècle fleurit. Sous la plume malicieuse d’Alphonse Karr, Taxile Delord et du comte Fœlix, les fleurs, quittant l’herbier des savants et la vitrine des amateurs, se font personnages, allégories et confidences. Fantaisie, satire légère et poésie s’y entremêlent pour célébrer la nature, épingler les travers du monde et réveiller une tendresse simple pour ce qui pousse et parfume.