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From Washington Irving (1783—1859) to F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896—1940), the authors represented in this expansive American short story anthology invite you to see the world as they saw it.
Irving's culture-defining tales of American life-"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"-offer a turn of events that both surprises and chills the reader. In "Bartleby," Herman Melville introduces us to a lawyer whose easy way of life is upended by...
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Sometimes all we need is bursts of short stories that can take us to a different world in times of uncertainty and despair, even if just for a little bit of escapism. In this book, we get to read short stories from different genres and different authors' backgrounds, giving us a chance to explore new tastes in storytelling from modern Emirati setting, fantasy, science fiction, and modern Western settings, and many more. Join us on a journey of exploring...
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A funny, yet heartbreaking, tale about a teenager and her fascination with writing. A widow and her golden horse. When the names of plants disappear. Broken vases and broken hearts. A slow revelation about a marriage...
These six winning stories and the twelve dazzling others in the anthology will keep you gripped.
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Summary of The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom | Includes Analysis Preview: The Kitchen House, Kathleen Grissom's debut novel, is a coming-of-age story about Lavinia, an Irish immigrant who grows up at Tall Oaks, a tobacco plantation in antebellum Virginia. When Lavinia's parents, who owe passage to Captain James Pyke, die en route to America, Lavinia is taken in by the captain and his family. She is put to work as an indentured servant and sent...
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Fans of horror and the supernatural will savor the dark delicacies in this spine-tingling anthology of the genre's very best. Featuring an international gallery of the world's great horror writers, this collection celebrates one of literature's most popular forms of fiction with 14 masterfully crafted tales of terror. This stimulating and provocative collection of finest ghost and horror stories abounds in crimes of passion, restless specters seeking...
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In thirteen electrifying stories, our very first all-Latin-American issue takes on the crime story as a starting point, and expands to explore contemporary life from every angle-swinging from secret Venezuelan prisons to Uruguayan resorts to blood-drenched bedrooms in Mexico and Peru, and even, briefly, to Epcot Center and the Havana home of a Cuban transsexual named Amy Winehouse. Featuring contemporary writers from ten different countries-including...
8) We Who Sleep
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The year is 1762 and the rough seas are threatening and treacherous-but they have nothing on Captain William Dearborn. Dearborn, captain of the Deadly Vagabond, is master of both his ship and his men-who know to turn a blind eye to his nefarious activities. But when a faulty compass guides them from their chosen course, his past comes back to haunt him. Those who sleep have awakened, and Dearborn is the only thing standing in the way of the rest they...
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'Best Russian Short Stories' initially published in 1917, is a collection of short stories by Gogol, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Turgenev, Chekhov, Gorky, and many others-each selection is the work of a master. This collection was revolutionary in its approach to realism, injecting characters with human weaknesses familiar to all. It also provided fodder for other such important concepts as existentialism and even passive resistance, which was rooted in...
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A chance meeting on a road trip that invites you to rethink your upcoming wedding. A moment of vulnerability betrayed and made viral on the internet. A shared cab ride that gives you a chance at sweet revenge. Gatecrashing a grand feast and falling headlong into an unexpected new friendship. An opportunity to make quick bucks under the table that is fraught with risk.
This anthology of twenty-five winning stories from eShe magazine's short story...
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Maurice: Ici s'est jouée l'Histoire. À la croisée des grandes routes maritimes qui reliaient l'Europe aux Indes orientales et à l'Extrême-Orient, l'Europe à l'Afrique. l'Afrique à l'Asie, c'est à l'île Maurice qu'accostèrent les boutres arabes. les caraques portugais. les galions ou caravelles hollandais et espagnols, les goélettes ou voiliers français et anglais... De cet incessant «trafic maritime», et humain, qui dura du XVIe au XIXe...
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