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Eat these Apples of Henry David Thoreau

I was preparing myself to read Walden. So before that, I chose this short writing piece of Henry David Thoreau to know about his writing. This short book speaks about apples. History of the apple tree, how wild apples grow, the fruit and its flavor, their beauty, naming them..etc. After the first paragraph of thisContinue reading “Eat these Apples of Henry David Thoreau”

FATHERS AND SONS by Ivan Turgenev

Fathers feel that they now belong to bygone times and sons feel that they have learned enough to indoctrinate new scientific theories and philosophies to the fathers. This happens today and this happened in this realistic classical work, based on the Russian society of the mid 19th century. The story begins with two brothers. FirstContinue reading “FATHERS AND SONS by Ivan Turgenev”