Books That Will LITERALLY Blow Your Mind 🤯 📖

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  • Books That Will LITERALLY Blow Your Mind 🤯 📖
    📖 The Books mentioned : 👇
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Komentáře • 791

  • @peeyushvaryani2196
    @peeyushvaryani2196 Před 3 lety +167

    Ted Mosby after reading the title: Figuratively**

  • @thehellyblog
    @thehellyblog  Před 3 lety +76

    Hey guys! What book will you recommend 📖 to me? 🙋‍♀️ All books are mentioned in Video Description 😊

    • @queerpoetssociety_
      @queerpoetssociety_ Před 3 lety +3

      I think you should try out the Arc of a Scythe trilogy by Neal Shusterman, it's a dystopian trilogy but it's unlike anything I've ever read and it will constantly keep you on your toes
      Great recommendations, Helly 💜

    • @nidhiyangantiwar9443
      @nidhiyangantiwar9443 Před 3 lety

      My sisters kipper

    • @acsaleya1283
      @acsaleya1283 Před 3 lety +2

      Helly....do a review on "The Outsider"By Albert camus

    • @nabihakhan8584
      @nabihakhan8584 Před 3 lety +3

      Stranger trilogy.... this is something that literally just blown up my mind.... the genre of this book is psychotic thriller

    • @itz_me...4957
      @itz_me...4957 Před 3 lety +1

      Stranger triology

  • @bhavnagangil2896
    @bhavnagangil2896 Před 3 lety +6

    I recently found your channel. AND I M SO HAPPY THAT FINALLY I FOUND SOMEONE WHO IS A PASSIONATE ABOUT NOVELS AS I M. And I must say that your description of books are awesome.. And I m just so happy that you created this channel which talks about books. I mean for a bookolohic person like me this channel is just pure blessing. THANK YOU!!

  • @ruchi7302
    @ruchi7302 Před 3 lety +4

    Your way of suggesting books really makes me want to read each one of them. Thanks for handpicking and sharing some amazing books with us.

  • @ashita2559
    @ashita2559 Před 3 lety +14

    'The story of an hour' by Kate Chopin is currently in our ISC syllabus and this story is so good that everyone should read it 'cuz Mrs. Mallard's caricature is so strong and overwhelming. When I read this story for the first time, it felt as if no other story could've have been better in it's place and it is one of the best stories I ever read as part of my school syllabus! ♡♡♡

  • @Binay168
    @Binay168 Před 3 lety +67

    The book shelf background is back again!
    We missed you so much! 😭

    • @thehellyblog
      @thehellyblog  Před 3 lety +9

      I keep juggling don't worry

    • @Binay168
      @Binay168 Před 3 lety +1

      @@thehellyblog The white wallpaper looks pretty but the book shelf view looks more aesthetic!
      Spare us! 😛

  • @rajkumaribabysana6365
    @rajkumaribabysana6365 Před 3 lety +92

    Just finished reading "The Boy in the Stripped pyjamas"..True that the ending was so abrupt and unexpected

  • @iamsimran2402
    @iamsimran2402 Před 3 lety +1

    What i love the most abt u is u come straight to the point and no extra talk in the beginning

  • @madhutervankar
    @madhutervankar Před 3 lety +13

    Just read The Story of an Hour from the link that you gave.
    Always love your recommendations.
    Keep up the good work. ❤️

  • @shreyasatapathy3622
    @shreyasatapathy3622 Před 3 lety +7

    Hey Helly
    I truly believe you're book recommendations are the best..
    Had a small request..
    Could you please make a book recommendation of books with a good writing style..

  • @alishasrishtee9116
    @alishasrishtee9116 Před 2 lety +1

    Just ordered two books from your list right now..!! Can't wait 😇

  • @SabarniGayen
    @SabarniGayen Před 3 lety +42

    All isc students have read "the story of an hour "

  • @tejasdeepsingh456
    @tejasdeepsingh456 Před 3 lety +4

    Hey sis, you're speaking skills have sure improved a ton from when I first subscribed you. Hats off to the effort you put in all your videos.

  • @latikasingh2514
    @latikasingh2514 Před 3 lety +3

    I loved your videos, and you are so confident in speaking. I have read Rebecca and Gone Girl, and both are by favourite novel and authors too. I have recently bought , and then there were none, can't wait to read it after seeing this video.
    Keep up the great work, you are amazing

  • @ayushiverma8215
    @ayushiverma8215 Před 3 lety +2

    I read Ghachar Ghochar, and it brought that chill down the spine, it's really short, but it has that capability to make people keep thinking about it for some time. The Ants, The dialogues...the last sentence of Vincent, it's chilling even when it was kinda easy going throughout

  • @bhavnagangil2896
    @bhavnagangil2896 Před 3 lety +17

    You should definitely read "The silent patient" by Alex Michaelides . This book actually blew my mind and just when I thought there could'nt be any more twists, I was proved wrong not one or twice but three times. AND the craziest thing is that there were clues in entire story that what is gonna the big plot twist but I failed in figuring it all out.. I mean by the end of the book I was just blown away by this brilliant story.... DO read this!!!!

  • @Vik.kem7
    @Vik.kem7 Před 3 lety +2

    A few Non-fiction recommends:-
    (My personal favorites ❣️)
    Unlearn by Humble the Poet
    No Limits by Mukesh Bansal
    Big Billion Startup by Mihir Dalal
    Mythos by Stephen Fry
    Pax Indica by Shashi Tharoor
    Losing my Virginity by Richard Branson
    Padmavat by Purushottam Agarwal
    Made in India by Milind Soman
    Barking up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker
    Where Will Man Take Us by Atul Jalan
    ... And many more!

  • @happycloud7202
    @happycloud7202 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you helly! I have taken baby steps in readin inspired by you and now I can’t spent a day without reading!

  • @pratyasharoy8200
    @pratyasharoy8200 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you so much for the Shoutout ❤❤......
    Gone Girl is one of my favorites too

  • @gopika5533
    @gopika5533 Před 3 lety +2

    Oh gosh Helly! U come up with such amazing videos and then all I see is my tbr list overflowing 😂
    I will surely read these books because they really seem to be the books that give the chills!

  • @ishanis
    @ishanis Před 3 lety +5

    Oh god!! Just today I've got my delivery of - Gachar gochar. I didn't read the reviews I just order this for the interesting name. It's really good to see that you recommending it.😃

  • @serinmarypr7198
    @serinmarypr7198 Před 3 lety +3

    I just read Story of an Hour and absolutely loved it!!! Thank you

  • @himakshidas5715
    @himakshidas5715 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for the recommendations. Will definitely read it ☺☺☺

  • @dheekshithasrinivasan4728

    the boy in the striped pyjamas got me sobbing so harddd....i can never get over the book even now..and it's a book you should never reread if you don't wanna cry
    !!

  • @e37shreyaverma92
    @e37shreyaverma92 Před 3 lety +20

    The boy in the striped pyjamas 😭😭 same thing happened with me I reread the page and began crying ...when u recommended this book I was mad to bye it and when I bought it and read it I was shook..😢 thank you for recommending this gem 🤗

  • @thebookishmarauder9236
    @thebookishmarauder9236 Před 3 lety +1

    Loved the recommendations as always, Helly di!

  • @ThatTsundokuGirl
    @ThatTsundokuGirl Před 3 lety +2

    I love My Sister's Keeper so much! It's just a books that's very close to my heart!❤

  • @acharyaprabudh3153
    @acharyaprabudh3153 Před 3 lety +3

    "Murder Mystery of Reporter" is a good book and very enthralling.

  • @kiranmai9151
    @kiranmai9151 Před 3 lety +3

    Hi helly.. Yeah I read Ghachar Ghochar two days back.. Even I too was shocked to findout how abruptly the story ends..Actually I was disappointed the way it ended.. But really loved the writers way of narrating the trivial things which were happening in a mundane typical Indian families.. Being a South Indian I loved the plot and can relate myself.

  • @kalpikarout
    @kalpikarout Před 3 lety +10

    Hey, I finally finished reading Ghachar Ghochar rn. Thanks for your recommendation. And all I can say in the end that my mind has been completely "Ghachar Ghochar". I would love to know your interpretation of the ending :D

  • @capitalinstitute9183
    @capitalinstitute9183 Před 3 lety

    It's awesome, thanks for sharing.

  • @AnjaliSingh-ec9nt
    @AnjaliSingh-ec9nt Před 3 lety +5

    I had to read the last 2 chapters of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas three times to actually get what was being told. Bruno and Shmuel's friendship was literally just my breaking point in the book.

  • @kanikabengani
    @kanikabengani Před 3 lety

    Wonderful, as always!!!

  • @dhwanimalde3246
    @dhwanimalde3246 Před 3 lety

    Woww these are some great suggestions. Absolutely loved it😍

  • @trivesh_gupta
    @trivesh_gupta Před 3 lety

    Actually it's been a long time since I have been reading books.. And now I am working on the vocab part from books.. If anyone wants to learn words of books.. Which we may stuck on.. Then I can help 🤘👍🙏

  • @umangpatwal4799
    @umangpatwal4799 Před 3 lety +1

    Hey helly, read the strange library and loved it..will try and read these books too

  • @vedanagpal4318
    @vedanagpal4318 Před 3 lety +1

    Helly I bought few books from your recommendation for beginners .... and I felt that the books were great...thank you so much for helping

  • @ipshitabhattacharjee6911
    @ipshitabhattacharjee6911 Před 3 lety +28

    I watched Gone girl, the other day, I could not think straight after that.

    • @hritikaaaa
      @hritikaaaa Před 3 lety +1

      Watch "the girl on the train" the old one. You will love it too.

    • @TalibHOB
      @TalibHOB Před 3 lety

      yep it was an amazing film, specially the bakery scene. I got know about Flynn through this movie

    • @ipshitabhattacharjee6911
      @ipshitabhattacharjee6911 Před 3 lety

      @@TalibHOB If I talk about my favorite scene, it would be a major spoiler. But I really love her badass moments

    • @TalibHOB
      @TalibHOB Před 3 lety

      @@ipshitabhattacharjee6911 i know you are talking about the climax scene, right?

    • @ipshitabhattacharjee6911
      @ipshitabhattacharjee6911 Před 3 lety

      @@TalibHOB yes. I mean the knife scene specifically

  • @kauserperween216
    @kauserperween216 Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome di as always!!🥰🥰

  • @prakashsharma6241
    @prakashsharma6241 Před 3 lety

    If you have read autobiography books. Which books should I read? Please make a video on this topic if possible.

  • @storybee7269
    @storybee7269 Před 3 lety +6

    The boy in the Striped pyajamas is just awesome 🔥

  • @ManishaJhalaan
    @ManishaJhalaan Před 3 lety

    Wow, very quick ❤️ have been reading a lot in July and August. Would love add some from your recommendations.

    • @thehellyblog
      @thehellyblog  Před 3 lety +1

      Which ones btw?

    • @ManishaJhalaan
      @ManishaJhalaan Před 3 lety

      @@thehellyblog I mostly read non fiction but The way you mentioned Ghachar Ghochar meking me give it a try. Thanks

  • @priyammdeka
    @priyammdeka Před 3 lety

    I get so excited when you post

  • @sanchayeetaghosh3102
    @sanchayeetaghosh3102 Před 3 lety +2

    I have read the story of an hour it was in our isc syllabus and it's really amazing especially the imageries

  • @amaldutta3686
    @amaldutta3686 Před 3 lety +1

    Please make a video on books by modern day authors❤

  • @dhirajroy748
    @dhirajroy748 Před 3 lety

    Nice book suggestions 👌👌👌

  • @rashid5271
    @rashid5271 Před 3 lety

    interesting list , i want to start reading history books which one would you recommend ?

  • @sailanijat2022
    @sailanijat2022 Před 3 lety +3

    So glad to see Rebecca here!! In one of your recent videos I have commented asking you whether you have read it or not and now here it is!
    Lots of love helly ❤️
    And please people it is NOT a romantic book.

  • @sumaiyasharique3762
    @sumaiyasharique3762 Před 3 lety +2

    Story of an hour was just amazing helly really like your recommendations and I am looking forward to reading your recommendations

  • @parambratamaitra5411
    @parambratamaitra5411 Před 3 lety +3

    Dan brown:s books
    And for movie or we series
    1} montu pilot
    2}dark
    3} crisscross

  • @random_shit_online6104
    @random_shit_online6104 Před 3 lety +4

    My recommendations :
    No longer human, Osamu Dazai
    Demian, HERMAN Hesse
    First Love, Ivan Turgenev
    Metamorphosis, Kafka
    Animal Farm, Orwell
    Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus
    Mountain tasting , Santoka taneda
    Notes from Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky
    Strait is the Gate, Andre Gide
    The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupery
    Dogra Magra, Yumeno kyusaku(doesnt have an english translation but there is a movie)
    Fight club, I forgot the author.

  • @dreamfight5665
    @dreamfight5665 Před 3 lety +5

    Great helly , you recomend some mindblowing stuff , they have helped me a lot , tankyou helly

    • @thehellyblog
      @thehellyblog  Před 3 lety +1

      Which one helped?

    • @dreamfight5665
      @dreamfight5665 Před 3 lety

      @@thehellyblog iam a law aspirant so reading is must , so books recommend like thinking fas and slow,factfullness etc had helped me a lot in developing my language+vocab ,so tnku helly😊😊 nd keep sharing such goid stuff🙏

  • @SamsungA-qc5ch
    @SamsungA-qc5ch Před 3 lety

    After seeing your video which was about toxic relationship now I understand that any types of toxic relationship or friendship should be quit as soon as possible specially for women. Thank you love♥️

  • @sdp6308
    @sdp6308 Před 3 lety +84

    Was missing your book recommendations. please post them more♥

    • @thehellyblog
      @thehellyblog  Před 3 lety +27

      Half of my videos are always total book recs and others will also, almost always have recs. Books are my blood 😭💜📖

    • @anjali-mb4jg
      @anjali-mb4jg Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah

  • @Citi_lightss
    @Citi_lightss Před 3 lety +3

    Shutter Island and Voyagers of Hell had mind blowing ending.

  • @janhabibarat7271
    @janhabibarat7271 Před 3 lety +1

    I ordered 'And then there were none' few days ago and I'm gonna receive it tomorrow! I'm so pumped up about it!!!!!

  • @shwetasharma5598
    @shwetasharma5598 Před 3 lety +1

    Helly, I always waiting for ur videos I love to watch u &ur content as well & love ur work too❤️

  • @vinishashetty5923
    @vinishashetty5923 Před 3 lety

    Hey I had a question.
    Do you keep all the books you buy or you give them away ?Also I love your videos!❤️

  • @cuberkid7311
    @cuberkid7311 Před 3 lety +2

    Loovee you❤️❤️this recommendation list is..🔥🔥🔥🔥(btw i am also a bengali and i love reading too)

  • @IrfanIrfan-kh5cq
    @IrfanIrfan-kh5cq Před 3 lety

    thanks your teaching

  • @ritushrivastava4534
    @ritushrivastava4534 Před 3 lety

    Plzz make video on spiritual books. I love ur channel,thankyou for motivating us to read..

  • @anjurethnanc8541
    @anjurethnanc8541 Před 3 lety

    Next video can you recomend some blue blood series type books

  • @lavacharam1346
    @lavacharam1346 Před 3 lety

    Thanks a lot for this

  • @YuvrajSingh-hr9rh
    @YuvrajSingh-hr9rh Před 3 lety +3

    For me what makes a great plot twist are the lingering threads that are laid ever where. And at the right time at the right moment they all tie in to reveal the big picture. My favourite plot twist in all of media is of Attack on Titan. It is very VERY well done, and it still remains my favorite even after i have read a lot of psychology thrillers!

  • @Navin246
    @Navin246 Před 3 lety +6

    Hey Helly, amazing recommendations &
    If you could review "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Trilogy" that will be helpful
    Looking forward for your next video ✌️

  • @richapani4714
    @richapani4714 Před 3 lety +1

    Hey Heli, just read story of an hour, it was nice👍

  • @bulbulsarkar5955
    @bulbulsarkar5955 Před 3 lety

    sis please make vdeo on bookshelf tour 2020
    plz

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY Před 3 lety +23

    “There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”
    ― Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense
    Listening to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas right now!

  • @shriyakhedekar1837
    @shriyakhedekar1837 Před 3 lety +3

    Literally the best recommendations
    Thanks helly

  • @mayuri_mdk
    @mayuri_mdk Před 3 lety +1

    Hi Helly! I read(audiobook) Forty rules of love based your recommendation! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

    • @thehellyblog
      @thehellyblog  Před 3 lety

      I'm glad...which part was the best?

    • @mayuri_mdk
      @mayuri_mdk Před 3 lety

      @@thehellyblog I think it opened my mind about the concept of love and I'm 33 so you can imagine that book definitely has an impact! 😀

  • @rishitasingh8031
    @rishitasingh8031 Před 3 lety

    500k soon!!!!!!
    Much love to u Helly....
    Ur channel is the best thing on CZcams for me being a book lover...u r just awesome..more power to you

  • @kunalsingh-mq5or
    @kunalsingh-mq5or Před 3 lety +4

    Hey Helly ,
    I just finished reading 'Ghachar Ghochar'. I think the author had ended It in such a way that It could be interpreted in multiple ways . So please make a video on your interpretation of the book.

    • @samur420
      @samur420 Před 3 lety

      Agree...Kunal what you think happened in the end?

    • @samur420
      @samur420 Před 3 lety

      Helly ..waiting for your review

  • @afroentertainer2443
    @afroentertainer2443 Před 3 lety

    i also have read all Gillian Flynn books as well

  • @lalithsai4528
    @lalithsai4528 Před 3 lety +11

    The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • @manjimaroy1164
    @manjimaroy1164 Před 3 lety +7

    I read Ghachar Gochar a month back and the ending really was shocking. I actually listened to this on Storytel and the narration was lovely.

    • @riddhimavijay7248
      @riddhimavijay7248 Před 3 lety +1

      Why did helly stop recommending storytel🥺.
      Is it really good ?

    • @manjimaroy1164
      @manjimaroy1164 Před 3 lety

      @@riddhimavijay7248 She did sponsored recommendations. But honestly I have been using it since April and I absolutely love it. Very affordable and amazing if you are an avid reader, worth the subscription

    • @manyataharit975
      @manyataharit975 Před 2 lety

      @@manjimaroy1164 what's your interpretation for the ending of ghachar ghochar

  • @ssharma1412
    @ssharma1412 Před 3 lety

    Thanku for the video...😊💞

  • @shraddharoy7562
    @shraddharoy7562 Před 3 lety

    From where do you buy your books??

  • @amnafathima5694
    @amnafathima5694 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi helly can you make a book shelf tour

  • @abhiram1906
    @abhiram1906 Před 3 lety +1

    Gillian flynn was my all time favourite writer ❤

  • @alcaraz..
    @alcaraz.. Před 3 lety +1

    Can you tell me if i should read 'Man's search for meaning'? I've been quite interested in ww2 books for sometime and thought to give it a try and it would be nice if you gave your opinions 'bout it.

  • @littlelamyahmom1434
    @littlelamyahmom1434 Před 3 lety

    I am a non reader.. but after watching your almost all video I starting buy books.. thank you for the inspiration

  • @kusumtyagi5639
    @kusumtyagi5639 Před 3 lety +2

    Helly please do a bookshelf tour🙏🙏Love your video
    😀I leave all the work just to watch your video 😘😘😘
    BTW 1st

  • @mahekrai8915
    @mahekrai8915 Před 3 lety +2

    Hey Helly! Please tell me your version of the ending of Ghachar Ghochar.. I read it after ur recommendation, but my mind omg! Please tell me !😭😭😭😭😖

  • @m.dharmendrasharma4797

    Thanks helly!!! ❣️❣️

  • @simratjassar5421
    @simratjassar5421 Před 3 lety +1

    My sister's keeper is the first book I read and still remains my favourite to this day. I don't know there is something about that book .

  • @parasnaveednaveed2587
    @parasnaveednaveed2587 Před 3 lety

    Helly your videos have very unique content. Keep it up 👍👏

  • @nuzhatkarim1159
    @nuzhatkarim1159 Před 3 lety

    upload a video on ur skin care..ur skin is really good!!❣️nd u are pretty ma sha Allah❣️

  • @rajaghosh4872
    @rajaghosh4872 Před 3 lety +7

    If u are searching for a mind boggling plot twist . Then go for Agatha Christie's The murder of roger ackroyd .
    Ur recomendation of The boy with the stripped pyjamas is grear too .
    I highly recomend these two books .
    😁😁

  • @Honeyiroseupfromthedead
    @Honeyiroseupfromthedead Před 3 lety +1

    hey helly
    are also these books recommended to beginners also?
    i mean can beginners also start off by these books !?

  • @mirudulavaishnavi2169
    @mirudulavaishnavi2169 Před 3 lety +6

    I started reading story books just because of u..... So pls never, ever stop making videos ☺️✌️

  • @udit5901
    @udit5901 Před 3 lety

    Thank you 😊

  • @SK-jh4ue
    @SK-jh4ue Před 3 lety +39

    (This is the story)!!!
    "The Story of An Hour"
    Kate Chopin (1894)
    Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.
    It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.
    She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her.
    There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.
    She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.
    There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.
    She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.
    She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought.
    There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air.
    Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been. When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under hte breath: "free, free, free!" The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stayed keen and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body.
    She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her. A clear and exalted perception enabled her to dismiss the suggestion as trivial. She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome.
    There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature. A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime as she looked upon it in that brief moment of illumination.
    And yet she had loved him--sometimes. Often she had not. What did it matter! What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in the face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being!
    "Free! Body and soul free!" she kept whispering.
    Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhold, imploring for admission. "Louise, open the door! I beg; open the door--you will make yourself ill. What are you doing, Louise? For heaven's sake open the door."
    "Go away. I am not making myself ill." No; she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window.
    Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long.
    She arose at length and opened the door to her sister's importunities. There was a feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory. She clasped her sister's waist, and together they descended the stairs. Richards stood waiting for them at the bottom.
    Some one was opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his grip-sack and umbrella. He had been far from the scene of the accident, and did not even know there had been one. He stood amazed at Josephine's piercing cry; at Richards' quick motion to screen him from the view of his wife.
    When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills.

  • @Didyouknow00923
    @Didyouknow00923 Před 3 lety

    Thank you sister for these books

  • @shreyagupta8652
    @shreyagupta8652 Před 3 lety +3

    Hey helly ...thanks for recommendations 😊😊......hope I'll meet you one day ☺

  • @sumukhbhupalam5823
    @sumukhbhupalam5823 Před 3 lety

    Good recommendations I would like to read shutter island but can you also recommend me some books in historic friction jonera and I have read all the books of amish so excluding his books.

  • @adrijabanerjee4618
    @adrijabanerjee4618 Před 3 lety +6

    We have story of an hour in our isc syllabus...it is really good..the fact that a woman back in those days could think about freedom and liberty in such a way really makes me feel pleasantly shocking.

    • @kailashchandratrivedi6928
      @kailashchandratrivedi6928 Před 3 lety

      Please help me...
      I didn't get that story...
      Can u explain a little...

    • @adrijabanerjee4618
      @adrijabanerjee4618 Před 3 lety

      @@kailashchandratrivedi6928 the story basically enhances a woman's perspective who at first finds the news of her husband's death shocking and sad. She cries all her grief out at one go and then suddenly she realises that there is nothing to mourn about it. Instead a feeling of freedom and liberty touched her. She felt jubilant that now she was free from all boundaries. It is mind blowing that a woman in the ninetinth century could think about freedom and liberty in such a way after her husband's death. In the end when she finds out that the news of her husband's death was fake and a rumour,she dies of shock and disappointment. The doctor thinks that she died of astonishment to find her husband alive but in reality she dies in grief as all her thoughts of freedom and liberty went in vain. This story basically potrays a way of thinking about liberty beyond norms of the society.

    • @kailashchandratrivedi6928
      @kailashchandratrivedi6928 Před 3 lety

      @@adrijabanerjee4618
      Thanks a lot for such a great explanation.....
      I have to read it again now...

    • @adrijabanerjee4618
      @adrijabanerjee4618 Před 3 lety

      @@kailashchandratrivedi6928 you are welcome😊

  • @monjiraghosh5272
    @monjiraghosh5272 Před 3 lety

    Hi didi...you have made me excite to read these books and didi Rob dial's podcasts are amazing 👏....

  • @Jawed_Ashaz
    @Jawed_Ashaz Před 3 lety

    Awsome keep uploading such kind of videos.

  • @DSECCKarthik
    @DSECCKarthik Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you so much helly for recommending plot twists books.
    I'm excited to read.

  • @lensworld3576
    @lensworld3576 Před 3 lety +1

    I love novels but because of taking science and in +2 i distanced myself from reading my english have become worse 😥.Thank God I found you .this year i am not joining college will read every recommendation of yours.
    Ps: sorry for my bad english😂😂