English Literature Made Easy for Students

The Frog And The Nightinagle by Vikram Seth: CBSE Class X Detailed line-wise paraphrased Once upon a time, a frog had the craze to croak every night from the evening to the morning of the next day in Bingle Bog. The poet has given the name Bingle to a bog (a piece of land that is muddy). It is an imaginary place here. The frog had an illusion that his voice was very sweet and he sang very well and all the creatures there listened to his songs with rapt (full) attention. But the reality was that all of them had become fed up with his rough voice. They loathed (disliked) his continual croaking. They had no choice but to tolerate his harsh voice. His crass(stupid) cacophony (loud and unpleasant voice) blared out (came out at a high-pitch) from the sumac tree (a tree of the cashew-nut species). The frog minstrelled (sang) his song every night from the foot of the tree where he used to live. The frog was so much determined to make a show of his heart’s elating (joy/happiness) ...

Lesson 2 (Class IX): A Dog Named Duke by William D Ellis Brief Summary of the Lesson Charles Hooper, nicknamed as Chuck was a zonal manager in a company of chemicals.  He is the owner of Duke, a Doberman dog. One day, Chuck met with an accident. He was taken to a hospital where he stayed for about two months. His left side was paralysed. After that, he was sent home and put in a wheelchair. His dog, Duke remained sitting beside him for the whole time. Duke was very sensible and came to know about the difficulty of his master. It was difficult for Charles Hooper to resume his work in the company in that condition. So he became depressed. His wife was much worried about him. She had to go to her office. During the whole day, he was alone with his dog Duke. After some days, Chuck started moving with the help of his dog. They continued this practice for more time. At last, the day came when Chuck improved considerably with the dog’s help. He started going to his company and resum...

Detailed Summary of the Chapter 7 & 8 Dear students, in the previous chapter 6 of this novel, you’ve come to know that Mrs. Hall got fainted when she found the furniture of the room moving of its own and the bed clothes suddenly gathered into a heap that leapt to one side and the chair started moving towards her. She thought that it was all done because her mother’s spirit was annoyed at the way the stranger was living in her inn. He was an irreligious, who never visited the church regularly. Thus she was very much panicked at the incidents that took place in the chapter 6. Now, let’s see what is there in the chapter 7. The stranger had come into the little parlour of the inn at about half past five in the morning and remained there up to nearly mid-day. The blinds were down, the door was shut and he was alone. He rang the bell thrice to get breakfast. For the third time, he rang the bell rather vigorously and continuously, but he received no response. In the meantime, th...