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DR. Samir K. Hui is an eminent writer and a professor of English. At present he heads the department of English of Dhamnagar College, Dhamnagar. He has been teaching English language and literature in various colleges under Higher Education Department in Odisha. He is a creative writer, a poet of repute and a short story writer both in Odia and English. He has authored at least thirteen books which have received worldwide recognition. Repeated requests from students have urged him to compose such a book specially meant for undergraduate students of Odisha to provide them with the background knowledge for an understanding and appreciation of English literature in nut shell and literary forms in details. The book contains seventeen chapters in all and all the chapters deal with the topics like the various kinds of poetry, drama, and prose fiction, rules of versification , poetic diction, figures of speech in an easy popular form. A separate chapter has been devoted to describe the features, nature and functions of One-Act play. The book A TREASURE TROVE OF LITERARY FORMS is informative for the novice students who have just entered the domain of literature as well as versed students who wish to enhance their knowledge about the vast arena of English literature.