Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline is a book of short stories and a novella by the American writer George Saunders. Published in 1996, it was Saunders's first book. Many of the stories initially appeared in different forms in various magazines, including Kenyon Review, Harper's, The New Yorker and Quarterly West. The collection was listed as a Notable ...
1884. Published in English. 1896. " The Necklace " (French: La Parure) is a short story by French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is known for its twist ending (ironic ending), which was a hallmark of de Maupassant's style. The story was first published on 17 February 1884 in the French newspaper Le Gaulois.
The Gilded Six Bits. " The Gilded Six-Bits " is a 1933 short story by Zora Neale Hurston, who is considered one of the pre-eminent writers of 20th-century African-American literature and a leading prose writer of the Harlem Renaissance. Hurston was a relative newcomer on the literary scene when this short story was published, but eventually had ...
Aesop (left) as depicted by Francis Barlow in the 1687 edition of Aesop's Fables with His Life. Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of varied and unclear origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern ...
You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once." – Lillian Dickinson. "Life is about making an impact, not making an income." – Kevin Kruse. "There are no regrets in life, just ...
Victorian morality is a distillation of the moral views of the middle class in 19th-century Britain, the Victorian era. Victorian values emerged in all social classes and reached all facets of Victorian living. The values of the period—which can be classed as religion, morality, Evangelicalism, industrial work ethic, and personal improvement ...
The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos.
Uninstall Desktop Gold. Still need help? Call paid premium support at 1-800-358-4860 to get live expert help from AOL Customer Care. Learn how to download and install or uninstall the Desktop Gold software and if your computer meets the system requirements.