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A painting of Jonathan Swift. Swift's essay is widely held to be one of the greatest examples of sustained irony in the history of English literature.Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars in Ireland, so that the reader is unprepared for the surprise of Swift's solution when he states: "A young healthy child ...
"Charles" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, first published in Mademoiselle in July 1948. It was later included in her 1949 collection, The Lottery and Other Stories, and her 1953 novel, Life Among the Savages.
Ruskin Bond (born 19, May 1934) is an Indian author. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, published in 1956, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.Bond has authored more than 500 short stories, essays, and novels which includes 69 books for children. [1]
"Reunion" is a short story by the American writer John Cheever, [1] first published in the October 27, 1962 issue of The New Yorker, and later collected in The Stories of John Cheever (1978). It is about a boy who meets his father.
For example, after my mother’s passing, I faithfully paid the quarterly property taxes. However, immediately after we exited probate, I was surprised to receive a $3,500 tax bill in the mail.
One mom's honest email signature is striking a chord with working parents across the country. Meg St-Espirit, 39, says she hit a breaking point one evening while she was looking up expensive camps ...
The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Storr, Will (2020). The Science of Storytelling William Collins Publications ISBN 978-0-00-827697-3; The Persephone Book of Short Stories (2012) Persephone Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1903-155-905; Watson, Noelle, ed. (1994). Reference Guide to Short Fiction ...
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