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  2. The Lottery - Wikipedia

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    The story has been dramatized several times, including as a radio drama, film, and graphic novel. It has been subjected to considerable sociological and literary analysis and has been described as one of the most famous short stories in the history of American literature.

  3. Idgah (short story) - Wikipedia

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    The story has been adapted into several plays and other performances. Asi-Te-Karave Yied (2008) is a Kashmiri adaption of the story by Shehjar Children's Theatre Group, Srinagar. [6] Mujeeb Khan has also adapted it into a play as part of the series Adaab Mein Premchand Hoon. [7]

  4. List of short stories by Guy de Maupassant - Wikipedia

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    This article lists the complete bibliography of short stories by Guy de Maupassant. [1] [2]

  5. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Wikipedia

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    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a portal fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956).

  6. Robert Louis Stevenson - Wikipedia

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    11.6 Plays. 11.7 Travel writing. ... he spent one term at an English boarding school at Spring Grove in ... Fanny was herself a magazine short-story writer of ...

  7. David Copperfield - Wikipedia

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    The past tense verb is often the preterite for the narrative, and the sentences are often short independent propositions, each one stating a fact. Admittedly, the adult narrator intervenes to qualify or provide an explanation, without, however, taking precedence over the child's vision.

  8. Tales from Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    Tales from Shakespeare is an English children's book written by the siblings Charles and Mary Lamb in 1807, intended "for the use of young persons" [1] while retaining as much Shakespearean language as possible. [2] Mary Lamb was responsible for retelling the comedies and Charles the tragedies. [3] They omitted the more complex historical tales, including all Roman plays, and modified those ...

  9. Drama (film and television) - Wikipedia

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    All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama is a mode distinct from novels, short stories, and narrative poetry or songs. [3] In the modern era, before the birth of cinema or television, "drama" within theatre was a ...