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The Bet by Anton Chekhov (20-25 minute read)
It was a dark autumn night. The old banker was pacing from corner to corner of his study, recalling to his mind the party he gave in the autumn fifteen years before.
The Bet by Anton Chekhov (20-25 minute read)
It was a dark autumn night. The old banker was pacing from corner to corner of his study, recalling to his mind the party he gave in the autumn fifteen years before.
The Bet by Anton Chekhov (20-25 minute read)
It was a dark autumn night. The old banker was pacing from corner to corner of his study, recalling to his mind the party he gave in the autumn fifteen years before.
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (10-15 minute read)
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies.
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (10-15 minute read)
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies.
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (10-15 minute read)
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies.
Paul's Case by Willa Cather (50-60 minute read)
It was Paul's afternoon to appear before the faculty of the Pittsburg High School to account for his various misdemeanors.
Paul's Case by Willa Cather (50-60 minute read)
It was Paul's afternoon to appear before the faculty of the Pittsburg High School to account for his various misdemeanors.
Paul's Case by Willa Cather (50-60 minute read)
It was Paul's afternoon to appear before the faculty of the Pittsburg High School to account for his various misdemeanors.
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant (15-20 minute read)
She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as if by an error of fate, into a family of clerks…
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant (15-20 minute read)
She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as if by an error of fate, into a family of clerks…
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant (15-20 minute read)
She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as if by an error of fate, into a family of clerks…
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Charles Dickens
(1812-1870) British novelist, journalist, and social reformer who rose from childhood poverty to become the most celebrated writer of the Victorian era.
Charles Dickens
(1812-1870) British novelist, journalist, and social reformer who rose from childhood poverty to become the most celebrated writer of the Victorian era.
Charles Dickens
(1812-1870) British novelist, journalist, and social reformer who rose from childhood poverty to become the most celebrated writer of the Victorian era.
Leo Tolstoy
(1828-1910) Russian novelist, short-story writer, and moral philosopher, widely regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Best known for epic novels like War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
Leo Tolstoy
(1828-1910) Russian novelist, short-story writer, and moral philosopher, widely regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Best known for epic novels like War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
Leo Tolstoy
(1828-1910) Russian novelist, short-story writer, and moral philosopher, widely regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Best known for epic novels like War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849) American writer, poet, and critic who essentially invented the modern detective sotry, perfected psychological horror, and pioneered science fiction. Despite lifelong poverty, addiction, and personal tragedy, his influence on literature remains colossal-shaping everyone from Dostoevsky to Stephen King and modern horror cinema.
Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849) American writer, poet, and critic who essentially invented the modern detective sotry, perfected psychological horror, and pioneered science fiction. Despite lifelong poverty, addiction, and personal tragedy, his influence on literature remains colossal-shaping everyone from Dostoevsky to Stephen King and modern horror cinema.
Katherine Mansfield
(1862-1937) New Zealand-born modernist short-story writer whose innovative, impressionistic style revolutionized the genre in the early 20th centry. Dying of tuberculosis at just 34, she left a small but flawless body of work that continues to be studied as the gold standard of the modern short story.
Katherine Mansfield
(1862-1937) New Zealand-born modernist short-story writer whose innovative, impressionistic style revolutionized the genre in the early 20th centry. Dying of tuberculosis at just 34, she left a small but flawless body of work that continues to be studied as the gold standard of the modern short story.
Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849) American writer, poet, and critic who essentially invented the modern detective story, perfected psychological horror, and pioneered science fiction. Despite lifelong poverty, addiction, and personal tragedy, his influence on literature remains colossal-shaping everyone from Dostoevsky to Stephen King and modern horror cinema.
Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849) American writer, poet, and critic who essentially invented the modern detective story, perfected psychological horror, and pioneered science fiction. Despite lifelong poverty, addiction, and personal tragedy, his influence on literature remains colossal-shaping everyone from Dostoevsky to Stephen King and modern horror cinema.
Katherine Mansfield
(1888-1937) New Zealand-born modernist short-story writer whose innovative, impressionistic style revolutionized the genre in the early 20th century. Dying of tuberculosis at just 34, she left a small but flawless body of work that continues to be studied as the gold standard of the modern short story.
Katherine Mansfield
(1888-1937) New Zealand-born modernist short-story writer whose innovative, impressionistic style revolutionized the genre in the early 20th century. Dying of tuberculosis at just 34, she left a small but flawless body of work that continues to be studied as the gold standard of the modern short story.
Anton Chekhov
(1860-1904) Russian physician, playwright, and short-story master who revolutionized both forms by replacing melodramatic plots with quiet, everyday moments that reveal the comedy and tragedy of ordinary lives. Wrote over 600 stories and left a body of work that Tolstoy called second only to Shakespeare.
Anton Chekhov
(1860-1904) Russian physician, playwright, and short-story master who revolutionized both forms by replacing melodramatic plots with quiet, everyday moments that reveal the comedy and tragedy of ordinary lives. Wrote over 600 stories and left a body of work that Tolstoy called second only to Shakespeare.
Anton Chekhov
(1860-1904) Russian physician, playwright, and short-story master who revolutionized both forms by replacing melodramatic plots with quiet, everyday moments that reveal the comedy and tragedy of ordinary lives. Wrote over 600 stories and left a body of work that Tolstoy called second only to Shakespeare.
Guy de Maupassant
(1850-1893) French master of the short story who, in just over a decade wrote more than 300 stories that laid bare the vanity, cruelty, and hidden desires of bourgeois life. He earned the title "the greatest short-story writer who ever lived"
Guy de Maupassant
(1850-1893) French master of the short story who, in just over a decade wrote more than 300 stories that laid bare the vanity, cruelty, and hidden desires of bourgeois life. He earned the title "the greatest short-story writer who ever lived"
Guy de Maupassant
(1850-1893) French master of the short story who, in just over a decade wrote more than 300 stories that laid bare the vanity, cruelty, and hidden desires of bourgeois life. He earned the title "the greatest short-story writer who ever lived"
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