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  2. A Modest Proposal - Wikipedia

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    A painting of Jonathan Swift. Swift's essay is widely held to be one of the greatest examples of sustained irony in the history of English literature.Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars in Ireland, so that the reader is unprepared for the surprise of Swift's solution when he states: "A young healthy child ...

  3. List of science fiction short stories - Wikipedia

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    Arena (short story) Fredric Brown: Analog Science Fiction: 1944 Armaments Race: Arthur C. Clarke: Adventure: 1954 Arvies: Adam-Troy Castro: Lightspeed Magazine: 2010 Auto-da-Fé (short story) Roger Zelazny: Dangerous Visions: 1967 Azathoth (short story) H. P. Lovecraft: Leaves 1938 Baby, You Were Great: Kate Wilhelm: Orbit 2: 1968 Backstage ...

  4. List of short stories by Alice Munro - Wikipedia

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    "The Beggar Maid" in The New Yorker, 27 June 1977; [9] in Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978; in 78: Best Canadian Stories, 9–42; in Best Canadian Short Stories (1981), 96–121. [8] (republished in 2006/ 2008) "The Children Stay" in The New Yorker, 22 December 1997, Extended summary, in The Love of a Good Woman, 1998 (republished in 2003, 2011 ...

  5. Richard Connell - Wikipedia

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    His stories were published in The Saturday Evening Post and Collier's magazines. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter, and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 (Best Original Story) for the movie Meet John Doe (1941), directed by Frank Capra and based on his 1922 short story "A Reputation".

  6. Struwwelpeter - Wikipedia

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    Die Geschichte von den schwarzen Buben ("The Story of the Inky Boys"): Nikolas (or "Agrippa" in some translations) [7] catches three boys teasing a dark-skinned boy. To teach them a lesson, he dips them in black ink. Die Geschichte von dem wilden Jäger ("The Story of the Wild Huntsman") is the only story not primarily focused on children. In ...

  7. William Saroyan - Wikipedia

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    William Saroyan [2] (/ s ə ˈ r ɔɪ ə n /; August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer.He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The Human Comedy.

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