Category: Suspense

In the beginning of “The Scarlet Letter,” there is a lengthy prelude that explains how the novel came to be written. The narrator, who shall remain unidentified, worked as a surveyor at the customhouse in Salem, Massachusetts. In the attic of the customs house, he found a number of documents, one of which was a […]

A plane carrying a number of British schoolboys fleeing the conflict is brought down over a desolate tropical island as it is in the process of evacuating them. Ralph and Piggy are the ones who find a conch shell on the beach, and Piggy is the one who has the bright idea that they could […]

The events that took place in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the book that came before The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, are summarised in the first chapter of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, which is located on the banks of the Mississippi River, serves as the setting for both […]

After the destruction of Troy ten years ago, the Greek hero Odysseus has not yet returned to his kingdom in Ithaca. This has been a source of great concern for the people of Ithaca. Penelope, the wife of Odysseus, is still the object of attention from a huge and boisterous group of suitors who have […]