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 I am a student of literature currently pursuing a Bachelors degree in Arts majoring in English and Political Science. The main purpose of this blog is to provide the students with an easy and comprehensive guidance through essays particularly pertaining the course syllabus of Major English BA formulated by Tribhuvan University. 

The essays on this blog are not works of plagiarism and are completely original. I have written them myself throughout the year of my studies that involved careful and thorough reading, re-reading, examining, background research and breakdown of the poems, novellas and stories. All these notes were handwritten which I have transcribed in this blog and their scans are also attached to their respective topics (especially the breakdowns and annotations of poems).

My intent is not to provide a free pass for students to opt for the easiest path and copy the notes from this blog but to streamline the learning process, examine the style of writing and take as a guideline to improve their own writings. With that said, my writing is not perfect and there is always room for improvement as with anything. Thus, I would always welcome feedback and criticisms that would help me to further refine my skills.

 I sincerely hope that my humble attempt with this blog would help the aspirational students of English literature or at the very least allow them to explore a different perspective in writing.

 Always keep reading and feeding your literary minds.

With kind regards,
Roger

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