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2. All Summer in a Day - Wikipedia

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   Plot synopsis. The story is about a class of students on Venus, which, in this story, is a world of constant rainstorms, where the sun is only visible for two hours every seven years. One of the children, Margot, moved to Venus from Earth five years earlier and is the only one who remembers the sun, since it shines regularly on Earth. She ...

3. Lamb to the Slaughter - Wikipedia

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   Lamb to the Slaughter. " Lamb to the Slaughter " is a 1953 short story by Roald Dahl. It was initially rejected, along with four other stories, by The New Yorker, but was published in Harper's Magazine in September 1953. [1] It was adapted for an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (AHP) that starred Barbara Bel Geddes and Harold J. Stone.

4. Every Living Thing (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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   Every Living Thing is a collection of twelve short stories for children by Cynthia Rylant, published by Bradbury Press in 1985 with decorations by S. D. Schindler. [1] The stories all feature redemptive relationships between humans and other animals, most often showing how a stray animal comes into the life of a person just when it is most needed.

5. The Princess and the Pea - Wikipedia

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   8 May 1835. Published in English. 1846 in A Danish Story-Book. " The Princess and the Pea " ( Danish: Prinsessen paa Ærten, lit. 'The Princess on the Pea') [1] is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who is tested to become wife to a lonely prince. The tale was first published with three others by Andersen in a ...

6. Bloodchild and Other Stories - Wikipedia

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   144. ISBN. 1-56858-055-X (1st ed.) Bloodchild and Other Stories is the only collection of science fiction stories and essays written by American writer Octavia E. Butler. Each story and essay features an afterword by Butler. "Bloodchild", the title story, won the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. It was first published in 1995.

7. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

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   Preceded by. The Great Deception. Followed by. Scared to Death: From BSE to Global Warming. The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories is a 2004 book by Christopher Booker containing a Jung -influenced analysis of stories and their psychological meaning. Booker worked on the book for 34 years. [1]