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En række noveller fra perioden omkring det moderne gennembrud. De tidligste fra slutningen af 1800-tallet og de seneste fra begyndelsen af 1900-tallet. Der er tale om forskellige genrer strækkende sig fra det dramatiske, over det historiske og til det humoristiske. (summary by Kristoffer Hunsdahl, http://www.lydbog.com)...

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Ce n'était pas une petite tâche que de peindre les deux ou trois mille figures saillantes d'une époque, car telle est, en définitif, la somme des types que présente chaque génération et que La Comédie Humaine comportera. Ce nombre de figures, de caractères, cette multitude d'existences exigeaient des cadres, et, qu'on me pardonne cette expression, des galeries. De là, les divisions si naturelles, déjà connues, de mon ouvrage en Scènes de la vie privée, de province, parisienne, politique, militaire et de campagne. Dans ces six livres sont classées toutes les Études de mœurs qui forment l'histoire générale de la Société, la collection de tous ses faits et gestes, eussent dit nos ancêtres... Les Scènes de la vie privée représentent l'enfance, l'adolescence et leurs fautes, comme les Scènes de la vie de province représentent l'âge des passions, des calculs, des intérêts et de l'ambition. Puis les Scènes de la vie parisienne offrent le tableau des goûts, des vices et de toutes les choses effrénées qu'excitent les mœurs particulières aux capitales où se rencontrent à la fois l'extrême bien et l'extrême mal… (Extrait de l’avant-propos de S...

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Uri Nissan Gnessin was born in Starodub, where his father was a rabbi. He left home at an early age, and moving from one yeshiva to the another, he developed a life-long friendship with a fellow Hebrew modernist author, Yosef Haim Brenner. His first published text was in 1904. In 1906 he co-founded the Hebrew language publishing house Nisyonot (Attempts), and after moving to London in 1907, he co-edited (with Brenner) Ha'Meorer, a Hebrew periodical. Following that he moved to Palestine but returned to Russia in 1908. Later he settled in Warsaw, where he died in 1913 of a heart attack. Gnessin wrote in a unique style of prose that was notable for its expressionistic language. Several Israeli literary scholars, such as Dan Miron and Gershon Shaked, wrote about his work, especially about the short story BaGanim (In the Gardens) which is about incest between a father and his intellectually disabled daughter. (Summary following Wikipedia)...

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’s Short Story Collection 039: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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’s Short Story Collection 048: a collection of 19 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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’s Short Story Collection 015: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of members.

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One of Maugham's most famous short stories, Rain unfolds in a soggy tropical paradise marred by self-righteous hypocrites trying to force their moral beliefs on a girl who basically just wants to have fun. At a running time of approximately 2 1/2 hours, it is too long for inclusion in a Short Story collection.(Summary by BellonaTimes)...

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’s Short Story Collection 038: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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《呐喊》收录了鲁迅1918年至1922年所作短篇小说十四篇，其中包括中国文学史上第一篇白话文小说《狂人日记》，以及《孔乙己》、《阿Q正传》等鲁迅的代表作品。 Call to Arms is a collection of short stories Lu Xun published during 1918-1922. It includes A Madman's Diary, the first novel written in vernacular Chinese, and other representative fictional works by Lu Xun, such as Kong Yiji and The True Story of Ah-Q. (Summary by Jing Li)...

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Ranging in tone from humor to sentimentality, these stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald are set against a backdrop of jazz, flappers, and the changing mores of American society. In Bernice Bobs Her Hair, wallflower Bernice is taken in hand by her more popular cousin, whose motives are not entirely altruistic. In Benediction, a young woman visits her brother in seminary. A camel goes to a party in The Camel's Back. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a poignant fantasy about a man who ages backward. And tragedy befalls a young couple in The Lees of Happiness. (summary by Laurie Anne Walden)...

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’s Short Story Collection 007: a collection of 20 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of members.

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Three fellow travelers on a train enter into a discussion concerning what they would call an 'indiscreet letter.' The discussion albeit short, produces some rather interesting revelations during the journey and at journey's end. (Summary by Kehinde)...

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Sklepy cynamonowe to pierwszy, debiutancki cykl opowiadań Brunona Schulza, które pierwotnie były postscriptami w listach do Debory Vogel i Władysława Riffa. Utwory te, pisane poetycką prozą, są fantastycznym przetworzeniem realiów przedwojennego miasteczka galicyjskiego, w którym dostrzec można podobieństwo do Drohobycza, rodzinnego miasta pisarza. Zbiór, w sposób wizyjny i oniryczny, opowiada dzieje rodziny kupieckiej, którym to dziejom Schulz nadał walory mityczne. (Summary by Mateusz Wycislik.) A collection of short stories written in 1931-1933, based on Schulz's memories from his childhood in the town of Drohobycz (now in Ukraine). (English summary by Sandra Zera.)...

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’s Short Story Collection 050: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Diese Sammlung umfasst jede Art von deutschsprachigen Texten aller Genres, egal ob Fiktion, Non-Fiktion oder Lyrik. In dieser Sammlung finden sich: 01. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832): Die Sängerin Antonelli. Aus 'Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten'. Nach dem Tod ihres Geliebten wird die Sängerin von einem Spuk verfolgt. 02. Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893): Der Blinde. Ein typisches Beispiel der unübertroffenen menschlichen Nächstenliebe: Maupassant beschreibt die Erinnerung an das traurige Martyrium eines Blinden der, da nicht arbeitsfähig - also nutzlos, von der Gesellschaft ausgestoßen und misshandelt wird. 03. Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935): Der Loew' ist los. Der Löwe Wüstenkönig versetzt Berlin in Angst und Schrecken. Die Ordnung gerät schnell durcheinander, einige wissen die Situation auszunutzen, während Militär und Politik drastische Mittel einsetzen, um den gelangweilten Löwen in Schach zu halten. 04. Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935): Das Elternhaus. Eine kurze Satire, die uns im Zoo durch verschiedene Elterngattungen führt und uns etwas über Erziehung beibringt. 05. Kurd Lasswitz (1848-1910): Die entflohene Blume. Kurd La...

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’s Short Story Collection 052: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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A collection of interrelated short stories concerning the townfolk of a few small New England villages at the turn of the last century. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...

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’s Short Story Collection 012: a collection of 11 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of members.

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’s Short Story Collection 009: a collection of 20 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of members.

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The Gift of the Magi is an O. Henry short story in which a young couple are very much in love with each other but can barely afford their one-room apartment. For Christmas, they each make a sacrifice to purchase a gift for the other, with ironic results. The moral of the story is that physical possessions, however valuable they may be, are of little value in the grand scheme of things. The true unselfish love that the characters, Jim and Della, share is greater than their possessions. O. Henry ends the story by clarifying the metaphor between the characters in the story, Della and James (or Jim), and the Biblical Magi. The Gift of the Magi features O. Henry's characteristic twist ending and use of flowery diction. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia.org)...

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