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9. ‘The Happy Prince’. Author: Oscar Wilde Year: 1888. ‘The Happy Prince’ is a melancholy tale, reflecting the style of a fairy-tale or fable – which is, after all, where short stories found their roots as a genre. The story looks at themes of love and sacrifice, wealth and poverty, and the nature of true beauty. Favourite Line:
15 de abr. de 2019 · 22. “The Lady with the Dog” by Anton Chekhov. A favorite amongt a collection of famous Russion stories. Many of the stories are romance driven and this story in particular features a love ...
4 de mai. de 2023 · Considered one of the greatest American writers, Carver helped breathe new life into the short story in the late 20th century. His stories – Vitamins, Neighbours, Fat – are, like their titles suggest, full of small-town lives, down-on-their-luck characters and failing marriages. From a working-class background himself, Carver used pared ...
Story 1: Introducing My Family. Hello, let me tell you about myself. My name is John, and my last name is Anderson. I’m from Canada, so I’m Canadian. I live not too far from Toronto. I can speak both English and French. I’m a student, and I go to the College. I have many friends, but my best friend is Tom.
27 de mar. de 2018 · F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Stories. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald [read it for free here] Two Wrongs [read it for free here] The Rich Boy [read it for free here] And, here’s a link to a free online collection of 54 F. Scott Fitzgerald short stories. Octavia Butler Short Stories. Bloodchild [read it for free here]
8 de fev. de 2017 · 1. Katherine Mansfield, ‘ The Garden Party ’. Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was the one writer Virginia Woolf was jealous of, according to Woolf herself. Mansfield never wrote a full-length novel, but wrote a number of classic modernist short stories. This story, from 1920, is probably her most famous: it focuses on a young woman, Laura ...
23 de dez. de 2019 · We began with the best debut novels of the decade, and now we’re back with the best short story collections of the decade—or to be precise, the best collections published in English between 2010 and 2019. The following books were chosen after much debate (and several rounds of voting) by the Literary Hub staff.
