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  2. The Lesson (short story) - Wikipedia

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    The Lesson (short story) " The Lesson " is a short story by Toni Cade Bambara (1938–1995). It was first published in 1972. [1] The Lesson” is a first-person narrative told by a young, black girl named Sylvia who is growing up in Brooklyn. The story is about a trip initiated by a well-educated woman named Miss Moore who has taken it upon ...

  3. Malgudi Days (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    7813056. Preceded by. The Dark Room. Followed by. The English Teacher. 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 ...

  4. The Lottery - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. June 26, 1948. " The Lottery " is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. [a] The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as "the lottery", which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens.

  5. The Scarlet Ibis - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. July 1960. " The Scarlet Ibis " is a short story written by James Hurst. [1] It was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in July 1960 [2] and won the "Atlantic First" award. [3] The story has become a classic of American literature, and has been frequently republished in high school anthologies and other collections.

  6. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Wikipedia

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    Interview with a Lemming. " The Secret Life of Walter Mitty " (1939) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, [1] it first appeared in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939, and was first collected in his book My World and Welcome to It (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942). [2] It has since been reprinted in James ...

  7. Sideways Stories from Wayside School - Wikipedia

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    Sideways Stories from Wayside School. Sideways Stories from Wayside School is a 1978 children's short story cycle novel by American author Louis Sachar, and the first book in the Wayside School series. The novel was later adapted into a Teletoon animated series, Wayside.

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