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75 Short-Short Stories

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A Visit with the Doctor

WEBby T.S. Arthur. A Visit with the Doctor is just plain good medicine: "Let your mind become interested in some good work, and your hands obey your thoughts, and you will be a …

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Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

WEBby Nathaniel Hawthorne. Boston Public Library, Fountain of Youth, Florida, 1870. That very singular man, old Doctor Heidegger, once invited four venerable friends to meet him in …

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The Story of An Hour

WEBTeach The Story of An Hour, with ideas from this resource guide, including discussion questions, character analysis, literary devices, themes, etymology, and historical context …

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The Ephemera: An Emblem of Human Life

WEBThe Ephemera: An Emblem of Human Life was featured as The Short Story of the Day on Fri, Apr 17, 2020. This letter is featured in our collection of Short-Short …

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The American Crisis

WEBThe American Crisis, a Essay by Thomas Paine. Preface by the editor of The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume I, Moncure Daniel Conway: The first "Crisis" was printed in the …

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A Defenseless Creature

WEBA Defenseless Creature has become one of our favorite Chekhov works, featured in our Russian Writers and Realism Study Guide. Carl Heuser, Russian lady with fur hat, 1892. …

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A Service of Love

WEBby O. Henry. When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard. That is our premise. This story shall draw a conclusion from it, and show at the same time that the premise is …

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Mark Twain: A Child's Biography

WEBThis biography of Mark Twain (whose given name was Samuel Clemens) for children was excerpted from Mary Stoyell Stimpson's book, A Child's Book of American Biography …

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Federigo's Falcon

WEBFederigo's Falcon is Boccaccio's clever use of the ironic twist, often paired with The Necklace or The Gift of the Magi. It was originally published in The Decameron in 1353. …

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The Invalid's Story

WEBIt will be hard for you to believe that I, who am now but a shadow, was a hale, hearty man two short years ago, a man of iron, a very athlete!--yet such is the simple truth. But …

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