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NOVELS
Blossoms of the Savannah
Plot Summary
Chapter Analyses
Characterization and Role
Main Themes
Language and Style
KCSE Sample Questions
The Pearl
Plot Summary
Chapter Summaries
Themes
Characters
Language & Style
The River and the Source
Plot Summary 2
Chapter Summaries
Part 1: Girl Child
Part 2: The Art of Giving
Part 3: Love and Life
Part 4: Variable Winds
Characterization and Role
Thematic Concerns
Language and Style
KCSE Sample Qs & As
The Whale Rider
Plot / Summary
Chapter Analyses
Characterization and Role
Thematic Concerns
Language and Syle
The River Between
PLAYS
A Doll’s House
Plot Summary
Act Summaries
Characterization
Themes
Language & Style
Inheritance
Plot Summary
Act Summaries
Characterization
Themes
Language & Style
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Synopsis/Plot summary
Act Summaries
The Noble Child
The Flight into the Northern Mountains
The Northern Mountains
The Story of the Judge
The Chalk Circle
Characterization and Role
Thematic Concerns
Irresponsibility
Abuse of power
Conflict / Antagonism
Love
Greed and Materialism
Religious Hypocrisy
Social Class Inequality
Selflessness
Political and Social Instability
Betrayal
Justice
Language and Style
KCSE Sample Qs and As
Betrayal in the City
Plot / Scene Summary
Characterization and Role
Themes
Language and Style
Sample Questions
Shreds of Tenderness
SHORT STORIES
Memories We Lost & Other Stories
When the Sun Goes Down and Other Stories from Africa and Beyond
The Guilt
When the Sun Goes Down
Leaving
The War of Ears
The Mirror – Haruki Murakami
Diamond Dust – Anita Desai
Arrested Development
Sandra Street
Twilight Trek
I Stand Here Ironing
The Retraction
The Bamboo Hut
Tuesday Siesta
Two Stories of a House
The Law of the Grazing Fields
White Hands
Sample Questions
Half a Day and Other Stories
KCSE REVISION
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
POETRY
Kenyan Poems
African Poems
Beyond Africa Poems
Budding Poets
Characterization