First Attempt by S P Raj

God Sees the Truth , But Waits                                                                                Leo Tolstoy About the Author Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer (September 9, 1828- November 20, 1910) from Yasna Polyana Russia. He was a novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist. His best Creations are War and Peace , Anna Kerenina , The Kingdom of God is without You , Resurection . About the story. This story is about the sufferings of a person who has spent 26 years in prison without doing any crime. He has waited for God´s decision in his lifetime. God’s decision has finally arrived but it is very late. There is always victory of the truth. Themes in the story Injustice, Faith, forgiveness, acceptance, self-realizat...

The Oval Portrait -           Edgar Allan Poe The story, "The Oval Portrait” opens with the unnamed narrator and his servant, Pedro, making “forcible entrance” into an abandoned chateau in the Apennine Mountains. For reasons never made clear, the narrator is severely wounded, slightly delirious, and therefore incapable of spending the night in the open air. They went into a remote apartment whose decorations are “rich, but tattered and antique.” The room is full of “bizarre architecture.” It contains a number of tapestries, “armorial trophies,” and “an unusually great number of very spirited modern paintings in frames of rich golden arabesque.” The paintings arouse the narrator’s interest. He commands Pedro to light a tall candelabrum that stands at the foot of the bed. He also finds on his pillow a small book that provides an overview of the room’s pictures. While Pedro sleeps, the narrator ...