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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]
The Bet (short story) " The Bet " (Russian: "Пари", romanized: Pari) is an 1889 short story by Anton Chekhov about a banker and a young lawyer who make a bet with each other following a conversation about whether the death penalty is better or worse than life in prison. The banker wagers that the lawyer cannot remain in solitary confinement ...
The act of writing short stories is different from the act of gathering short stories into a collection. [6] For instance, the short story author may or may not be the one who compiles the short story collection, even though the author penned the individual stories. This is especially obvious in the case of posthumous publications.
In 1964 a 17-minute short film based on the story was produced by Gene Kearney. It was dramatized as an episode of Rod Serling 's Night Gallery, also directed by Kearney, starring Radames Pera and narrated by Orson Welles. The original broadcast date was October 20, 1971. The story was the inspiration for an instrumental song of the same name ...
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1958. " The Ugly Little Boy " (also as "Lastborn") 1958. Nine Tomorrows The Edge of Tomorrow Robot Dreams The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1. Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1958.
Shibram Chakraborty. Shibram Chakraborty (1903–1980) was an Indian writer and humorist. His best known short stories and novels are renowned for their unique use of pun, alliteration, play of words and ironic humour. [2] He was a prolific author who also wrote poems, plays, non-fiction and novels for mature audiences in his long career.
Stories from Tagore. Includes 10 stories: The Cabuliwallah, The Home-Coming, Once there was a King, The Child's Return, Master Mashai, Subha, The Postmaster, The Castaway, The Son of Rashmani, The Babus of Nayanjore. [ Stories 4 ] Short Stories.
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) is a canonical piece of children's literature and one of the best-selling books ever published. [1] Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended ...