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  2. The Open Boat - Wikipedia

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    The Open Boat. First American edition of The Open Boat, illustrated by Will H. Bradley, Doubleday, New York, 1898. " The Open Boat " is a short story by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). First published in 1898, it was based on Crane's experience of surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Florida earlier that year while traveling to ...

  3. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber - Wikipedia

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    Synopsis. "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is a third-person omniscient narrative with moments of unreliable interior monologue presented mainly through the points of view of the two leading male characters, Francis Macomber and Robert Wilson. Francis Macomber and his wife Margot are on a big-game safari In Africa.

  4. Tales of Soldiers and Civilians - Wikipedia

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    United States. Published in English. 1892. Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection of short stories by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce, also published under the title In the Midst of Life. With a stated publication date of 1891 (but actually published in early 1892 [1]) the stories describe unusual incidents ...

  5. Ambrose Bierce - Wikipedia

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    Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 [2] – c. 1914[3]) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. [4] His story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek ...

  6. The Things They Carried - Wikipedia

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    Followed by. In the Lake of the Woods (1994) The Things They Carried (1990) is a collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. His third book about the war, it is based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division.

  7. Malgudi Days (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan published in 1943 by Indian Thought Publications. [1] The book was republished outside India in 1982 by Penguin Classics. [2] The book includes 32 stories, all set in the fictional town of Malgudi, [3] located in South India. Each of the stories portrays a facet of life in Malgudi. [4]

  8. Cat Person - Wikipedia

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    The New Yorker. Publication date. December 2017. " Cat Person " is a short story by Kristen Roupenian that was first published in December 2017 in The New Yorker before going viral online. [1][2] The BBC described the short story as "being shared widely online as social media users discuss how much it relates to modern-day dating".

  9. List of short stories by Alice Munro - Wikipedia

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    86 = The Progress of Love – 1986. 90 = Friend of My Youth – 1990. 94 = Open Secrets – 1994. 98 = The Love of a Good Woman. 01 = Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage – 2001. 04 = Runaway – 2004. 06 = The View from Castle Rock – 2006. 09 = Too Much Happiness – 2009. 12 = Dear Life – 2012.

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