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  2. 110 short jokes for kids and adults that are total knee-slappers

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    Get everyone giggling with these short jokes for kids and adults. Find funny puns, corny one-liners and bad-but-good jokes that even Dad would approve of. 110 short jokes for kids and adults that ...

  3. 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.

  4. Welcome to the Monkey House (short story) - Wikipedia

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    Delacorte Press (AKA Dell Publishing) Media type. Print (Hardback & Paperback) Publication date. 1968. " Welcome to the Monkey House " is a Kurt Vonnegut short story that is part of the collection of the same name. It is alluded to in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater as one of Kilgore Trout 's stories.

  5. Short story - Wikipedia

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    The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel or novella/short novel, authors generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques. [citation needed]

  6. 100 Years of Reader’s Digest: People, Stories, Laughter - AOL

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    Come celebrate Reader's Digest's 100th anniversary with a century of funny jokes, moving quotes, heartwarming stories, and riveting dramas. The post 100 Years of Reader’s Digest: People, Stories ...

  7. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man - Wikipedia

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    The story first appeared in Dostoevsky's self-published monthly journal A Writer's Diary in 1877. According to literary theorist and Dostoevsky scholar Mikhail Bakhtin , The Dream of a Ridiculous Man is a modern manifestation of the ancient literary genre Menippean satire , and touches on almost all the themes characteristic of Dostoevsky's ...

  8. Heavy Water and Other Stories - Wikipedia

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    In The New York Times Book Review, critic A.O. Scott wrote that "the publication of Heavy Water, a gathering of nine stories, most of them published in this decade, nearly half in The New Yorker, provides a good opportunity to state plainly what has been apparent for some time: Martin Amis is the best American writer England has ever produced."

  9. Honeysuckle Cottage - Wikipedia

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    Print (Magazine) Publication date. 24 January 1925 (US) February 1925 (UK) "Honeysuckle Cottage" is a short story by the British author P. G. Wodehouse. The story was first published in the 24 January 1925 issue of the Saturday Evening Post in the United States, [1] and in the February 1925 issue of the Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom.