C. S. Lewis

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'Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life' is a partial autobiography published by C. S. Lewis in 1955. Specifically the book describes the author's conversion from atheism to theism and eventually to Christianity. Lewis translates his 'joy' as longing and finds it so intense that he has no suitable words to explain it.

'Surprised by Joy'

James Hilton

James Hilton, the son of John Hilton, was born in Leigh, Lancashire, England on September 9, 1900. His father was the headmaster of Chapel End School in Waltham-stow. He was educated at Leys School and at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he studied English literature and received an honors degree. He won the Academy award in 1942 for writing screenplay of Mrs. Maniyer. Both of his marriages first to Alice Brown and then to Galina Kopineckded ended in divorceJames Hilton is best remembered for his novels 'Lost Horizon' and 'Goodye, Mr. Chips!'; though he wrote many other good novels like 'Random Harvest', 'So well remembered' etc. James Hilton died of liver cancer on December 20, 1954.Lost Horizon was first published in 1933 and gained immense popularity particularly after release of the movie 'Lost Horizon in 1937. Goodbye, Mr. Chips, the second novel of James Hilton had also contributed in the popularity of Lost Horizon. When an uprising in Baskul forces a small group of English and American residents to flee, their plane crash-lands in the far western reaches of the Tibetan Himalayas. There, they find themselves stranded outside the protective borders of the British Empire and discover access to a place beyond the bounds of the imagination-a legendary paradise, the mystic monastery at Shangri-La.This book is illustrated with photographs of different places in Himalayan regions.

Lost Horizon

'Goodbye, Mr. Chips!', published in 1937, was the second novel of James Hilton after 'Lost Horizon' which was published in 1933. 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips!' became very popular and brought 'Lost Horizon' in limelight. It is the story of a school teacher who is very attached to his school and does not leave it even after his retirement.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips!

Anton Chekhov

Maxim Gorky

Leon Tolstoy

Ivan Sergejevič Turgenev

Fyodor Dostoevsky

This book is a collection of Nineteen selected stories by the renowned Russian authors. The most of the 27 illustrations are the pictures of the Greek and Roman Goddesses worshiped before the influence of Christianity and monotheism. The authors and the stories are:The Queen Of Spades - By Alexsandr S. Pushkin; The Cloak - By Nikolay V. Gogol; The District Doctor - By Ivan S. Turgenev; The Christmas Tree And The Wedding - By Fiodor M. Dostoyevsky; God Sees The Truth, But Waits - By Leon. Tolstoy; How A Muzhik Fed Two Officials - By M.Y. Saltykov [N. Shchedrin]; Banquet Given By The Mayor, The Shades and A Phantasy - By Vladimir G. Korlenko; The Signal - By Vsevolod M. Garshin; The Darling, The Bet and Vanka - By Anton P. Chekhov; Hide And Seek - By Fiodor Sologub; Dethroned - By I.N. Potapenko; The Servant - By S.T. Semyonov; One Autumn Night - By Maxim Gorky; The Revolutionist - By Michaïl P. Artzybashev; The Outrage : A True Story - By Aleksandr I. Kuprin. Beat regards.Asino Calcio

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