The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonBy F. Scott Fitzgerald The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the story of a child born in Baltimore in 1860 who has the appearance
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Stories
The OvercoatThe Overcoat
The OvercoatBy Nicolai Gogol “We all come out from Gogol’s ‘The Overcoat’”. This statement by Fyodor Dostoyevsky expresses the great influence of the story written in 1842. It tells the
Rothschild’s FiddleRothschild’s Fiddle
Rothschild’s FiddleBy Anton Chekhov Yakov Ivanov is an elderly coffin-maker in a small village with a population that doesn’t generate enough deaths for him to make any real money. He
GooseberriesGooseberries
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 FlyThe Fly
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 NecklaceThe Necklace
The NecklaceBy Guy de Maupassant Madame Mathilda Loisel, the protagonist of The Necklace, aspires to the life of an aristocrat. Born into a family of clerks, she is married to
Le HorlaLe Horla
Le HorlaBy Guy de Maupassant Le Horla is a short horror story published in 1887 by Guy de Maupassant. Written in the form of a journal by an upper-class, unmarried
Boule de SuifBoule de Suif
Boule de SuifBy Guy de Maupassant “Boule de Suif” is one of the first short stories by Guy de Maupassant and possibly the most famous. The title phrase, which can be
The Diamond as Big as the RitzThe Diamond as Big as the Ritz
The Diamond as Big as the RitzBy F. Scott Fitzgerald In “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” a young man from the south, John T. Unger, is sent north
The NoseThe Nose
The NoseBy Nicoloai Gogol In 1722 Peter the Great introduced a system of positions and ranks for the military, the government, and the Russian court which enabled commoners to gain