Famous Books and Their Authors

The Naked Face (1970) is the debut novel by Sidney Sheldon, who became famous for his thriller novels. M.J. Akbar is an Indian journalist and author, Charles Dickens wrote classics like Oliver Twist, and James Joyce wrote modernist works like Ulysses.

Odakkuzhal (The Bamboo Flute) is a poetic work by G. Shankara Kurup (G. Sankara Kurup), a renowned Malayalam poet and the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award in 1965. Homer wrote Greek epics, R.K. Narayan wrote in English, and Sidney Sheldon wrote contemporary thrillers.

A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873) is a novel by Thomas Hardy, which was partially inspired by his courtship of his first wife Emma Gifford. David Loshak is a journalist, Nirad C. Chaudhuri was an Indian writer, and E.M. Forster wrote A Passage to India.

One World (1943) was written by Wendell Willkie, the Republican presidential candidate in 1940, documenting his travels around the world during WWII. Thomas Hardy wrote Victorian novels, Vishnu Sharma is credited with the Panchatantra, and James Joyce was a modernist writer.

Othello is indeed a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, one of his major works exploring themes of jealousy and manipulation. Charles Darwin was a biologist known for evolutionary theory, John Milton wrote Paradise Lost, and Amrita Pritam was a Punjabi novelist.

Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's famous romantic tragedy about star-crossed lovers. William Wordsworth was a Romantic poet, Bernard Shaw (George Bernard Shaw) was a playwright known for Pygmalion, and John Keats was a Romantic poet.

Pinjar (The Skeleton) is a novel by Amrita Pritam about Partition trauma. Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali, John Ruskin was an art critic, and Salman Rushdie wrote Midnight's Children.

Premonitions is a work by P.N. Haksar, a noted Indian diplomat and intellectual. Jane Austen wrote novels like Pride and Prejudice, Munshi Premchand wrote Godan, and U Thant was a UN Secretary-General from Myanmar.

Paradise Regained is an epic poem by John Milton, a sequel to his Paradise Lost. Pearl S. Buck wrote The Good Earth, R.K. Narayan wrote Malgudi Days, and Bharat Muni wrote the Natya Shastra treatise on dramaturgy.

Raghuvansa (Raghuvamsha) is a Sanskrit epic by Kalidas about the Raghu dynasty. Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas in Awadhi, Valmiki wrote the Ramayana, and Munshi Premchand was a Hindi novelist.

Past and Present is a work by Thomas Carlyle, a Victorian philosopher and writer. Jane Austen wrote novels in the early 19th century, and Isaac Newton was a scientist known for laws of motion.

Rangbhoomi (The Arena) is a novel by Munshi Premchand about rural India. Tagore wrote Gitanjali, and M.K. Gandhi and Indira Gandhi were political leaders, not novelists.

Savitri is a poetic epic by Sri Aurobindo Ghose, based on the legend from the Mahabharata. Kalidas wrote the play Shakuntala, H.G. Wells wrote science fiction, and Sashi Batra is not a known author.

The Republic is a foundational work of Western philosophy by Plato. William Shakespeare wrote plays, Homer wrote the Iliad and Odyssey, and Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations.

Shakuntala is a famous Sanskrit play by Kalidas, based on the Mahabharata story. Firdausi was a Persian poet, H.G. Wells wrote science fiction, and Khushwant Singh was a modern Indian writer.

Sohrab and Rustum is a narrative poem by Matthew Arnold based on the Persian epic Shahnameh. Lala Lajpat Rai and Sarojini Naidu were Indian freedom fighters, and Robert Frost was an American poet.

Moshe Dayan, the Israeli military leader and politician, wrote an autobiography titled "Story of My Life" which chronicled his life experiences, military career, and political journey. The other options are incorrect: Sunil Gavaskar is a cricketer, John Ruskin was an art critic and social thinker, and Sidney Sheldon was a novelist and screenwriter.

"She Stoops to Conquer" is a classic comedy written by Oliver Goldsmith in 1773. The play is a witty satire about mistaken identities and social manners. The other options are incorrect: Sunil Gavaskar is a cricketer, R.K. Narayan wrote Indian fiction in English, and Annie Besant was a theosophist and social reformer.

Alexandre Dumas (père) wrote "The Three Musketeers" (Les Trois Mousquetaires), a classic adventure novel published in 1844. Note that the question contains a typo: "Muketeers" should be "Musketeers". The other options are incorrect: Mulk Raj Anand was an Indian writer, Annie Besant was a social reformer, and Adam Smith was an economist.

H.G. Wells wrote "The Time Machine" in 1895, a pioneering science fiction novel about time travel. The book popularized the concept of time travel in literature. The other options are incorrect: William Shakespeare wrote plays, Amrita Pritam was a Punjabi poet, and George Bernard Shaw was a playwright.

Bhavabhuti was a classical Sanskrit scholar and poet who wrote "Uttar Ramacharita", a Sanskrit play focusing on the later part of Rama's life. He was one of the greatest Sanskrit dramatists during the reign of Yashovarman of Kannauj. The other options are incorrect: Amrita Pritam was a Punjabi writer, Adam Smith was an economist, and Leslie Ford was a mystery writer.

"Twelfth Night" is a comedy written by William Shakespeare, believed to have written around 1601-1602. It's one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, featuring themes of mistaken identity, love, and gender-crossing disguise. The other options are incorrect: A.L. Basham was a historian, T.S. Eliot was a modernist poet, and Plato was a Greek philosopher.

Lala Lajpat Rai wrote "Unhappy India" (1928) as a response to Katherine Mayo's "Mother India", critiquing British colonial rule and defending Indian society. It was an important political text in the independence movement. The other options are incorrect: John Ruskin was a critic, M.K. Gandhi wrote "My Experiments with Truth", and Munshi Premchand was a Hindi-Urdu fiction writer.

"The Virginians" is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, published in 1857-59. It follows the adventures of two brothers in Virginia and England during the American Revolutionary War period. The other options are incorrect: R.N. Tagore was a Bengali polymath, Nirad C. Chaudhuri was a writer, and Amrita Pritam was a Punjabi poet.