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  God Sees the Truth, but Waits

  This is a very fine example of Leo Tolstoy's gift at telling good stories. This is an amazing short story about a merchant and how an unexpected event changes his life for the worse, but in a way, for…

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  The Necklace

  After devoting their energies and income for ten years to replacing a borrowed diamond necklace which they have lost, a woman and her husband learn the irony of their efforts.

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  Three Questions

  The story takes the form of a parable, and it concerns a king who wants to find the answers to what he considers the three most important questions in life. When is the best time to do each thing? Who…

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  Cat in the Rain

  "Cat in the Rain" is a short story by American author Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), first published by Boni & Liveright in 1925 in the short story collection In Our Time. The story is about an America…

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  The Last Leaf

  Sue and Johnsy are two girlfriends who live together in New York City. When Johnsy becomes sick one winter, she makes up her mind to die when the last leaf falls from the ivy plant growing outside her…

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  داش‌ آکل

  در داش آکل خواننده نه تنها با فضای سال‌ های ابتدایی پیدایش مدرنیسم در زمان حکومت رضا شاه آشنا می‌شود بلکه با نویسنده به خانه‌ها و خیابان‌ها می‌رود و از وضع زندگی مردم آگاه می‌شود. صادق هدایت داش آکل ر…

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  A Summer Tragedy

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  Her Lover

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  The Story of an Hour

  In these four stories, Kate Chopin subtly captures the intricate interior lives of a generation of women. From the famous proto-feminist tale "The Story of an Hour" to the subtly sexy "A Respectable W…

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  One Of These Days

  او در سال ۱۹۴۱ اولين نوشته‌هايش را در روزنامه‌ای به نام Juventude که مخصوص شاگردان دبيرستانی بود منتشر کرد و در سال ۱۹۴۷ به تحصيل رشتهٔ حقوق در دانشگاه بوگوتا پرداخت. در سال ۱۹۶۵ شروع به نوشتن رمان صد…

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  The Overcoat

  The Overcoat which is generally acknowledged as the finest of Gogol's memorable Saint Petersburg stories, is a tale of the absurd and misplaced obsessions.

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  The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

  A short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It begins with a man walking St. Petersburg's streets while musing upon how ridiculous his life is, as well as its distinct lack of meaning or purp…

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  The Selfish Giant

  This magnificent new edition of Oscar Wilde's beloved tale tells the story of the selfish giant who built a wall around his beautiful garden to keep children out. It was always winter in the garden, f…

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  The Open Window (Simplified for Modern Readers Series)

  "The Open Window" is the Saki (H. H. Munro) classic short story that continues to fascinate readers and remains very popular.
  -The language of over a hundred years ago has been extensively modernized.…

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  The School

  When I knew him, Barthelme was in his early forties. He died in 1989, at the age of 58. “The School,” which appeared first in the 1976 collection, Amateurs, is one of Barthelme’s more accessible stori…

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  New York Day Women

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  Alyosha the Pot

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