Doris Lessing (born 1919) was a South African expatriate writer known for her strong sense of feminism. A short story writer and novelist, as well as essayist and critic, Lessing was deeply concerned with the cultural inequities of her native land. The h...

Doris Lessing burst upon the British literary scene in 1950 with her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, and she has remained at the top ever since. In the past four decades, her work has had a profound and lasting influence on both women and men, and the...

[This entry was updated by Paul Schlueter from his entry in the Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, volume 8, pp. 228-254.] Doris Lessing burst upon the British literary scene in 1950 with her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, and she has...

With a ceremony that went off like a classic Swiss timepiece, officials Friday inaugurated the world's longest overland tunnel, a 34.6-kilometer-long (21-mile-long) rail link under the Alps meant to ease highway traffic jams in the mountainous country.The tunnel, which took eight years to build and...

Accompanied by brass bands and fireworks, the Swiss inaugurated the world's longest overland tunnel Friday, opening a new era of transportation through the Alps _ the natural barrier in the heart of Europe.The first train burst through a banner declaring "Loetschberg -Connecting Europe" _ firecrackers...

A subway train derailed Sunday near downtown Washington, sending 16 people to the hospital and prompting the rescue of 60 people from a tunnel, officials said.The accident happened at about 3:45 p.m. near the underground Mount Vernon Square station, Metro spokeswoman Cathy Asato said. There...

A subway train derailed Sunday near downtown Washington, sending 16 people to the hospital and prompting the rescue of 60 people from a tunnel, officials said.The accident happened at about 3:45 p.m. near the underground Mount Vernon Square station, Metro spokeswoman Cathy Asato said. There...

This essay deals with independence. Doris Lessing's short story, "Through the Tunnel," is about a dependant `mummy's boy' named Jerry who struggles through a tough journey to achieve independence. As the story continues he encounters a group of boys, which he wants to be accepted by. This encounter with the boys causes him to change. He sets himself a challenge to allow him to gain a sense of independence.