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GooseberriesBy Anton Chekhov Gooseberries quote:“…Apparently a happy man only feels so because the unhappy bear their burden in silence, but for which happiness would be impossible. It is a general
The FlyBy Katherine Mansfield An elderly man is visiting the office of the owner of his former employer, referred to only as “the boss”, who is showing off recent renovations
The Return of Sherlock HolmesBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the second collection of short stories featuring the famous detective
The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of stories featuring the iconic consulting detective Sherlock Holmes. The stories originally appeared