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2. The Devil and Daniel Webster - Wikipedia

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   October 24, 1936. " The Devil and Daniel Webster " (1936) is a short story by American writer Stephen Vincent Benét. He tells of a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the devil and is later defended by a fictionalized Daniel Webster, a noted 19th-century American statesman, lawyer and orator. The narrative references real events in the ...

3. Lord Dunsany - Wikipedia

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   Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, FRSL ( / dʌnˈseɪni /; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957), commonly known as Lord Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. He published more than 90 books during his lifetime, [2] [4] [a] and his output consisted of hundreds of short stories, plays, novels, and essays. [1]

4. List of works by W. Somerset Maugham - Wikipedia

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   Short story collection by Maugham, screen adaptation by Maugham, R.C. Sherriff and Noel Langley. [44] Encore. 1951. Heinemann. Short story collection by Maugham, screen adaptation by Maugham, T.E.B Clarke, Arthur Macrae and Eric Ambler.

5. Sherlock Holmes (play) - Wikipedia

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   Long speeches were made into short ones, and some were dropped entirely; references that had little or no bearing on the swift and chronological development of the narrative were eliminated. Now that the play is intended to be read, it has seemed well to replace some of the lines earlier removed, and to eliminate certain later substitutions.

6. Works of Rabindranath Tagore - Wikipedia

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   The works of Rabindranath Tagore consist of poems, novels, short stories, dramas, paintings, drawings, and music that Bengali poet and Brahmo philosopher Rabindranath Tagore created over his lifetime. Tagore's literary reputation is disproportionately influenced by regard for his poetry; however, he also wrote novels, essays, short stories ...

7. There Will Come Soft Rains (short story) - Wikipedia

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   The short story first appeared in the May 6, 1950 issue of Collier's magazine, and was revised and included as a chapter titled "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" in Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles that was also first published in May 1950. The official publication dates for the two versions were only two days apart.

8. Short Short Dramas - Wikipedia

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   Short Short Dramas is an American dramatic anthology series which aired from September 30, 1952 to April 9, 1953 on NBC. During the original run it was hosted by Ruth Woods, [1] whose segments were dropped when it was syndicated. [citation needed] Each episode began with Woods introducing a storyteller. He or she set the scene for the episode's ...

9. The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke - Wikipedia

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   ISBN. 0-575-07065-X. OCLC. 49338196. The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 2001, is a collection of almost all science fiction short stories written by Arthur C. Clarke. It includes 114 [1] stories, arranged in order of publication, from "Travel by Wire!" in 1937 through to "Improving the Neighbourhood" in 1999.