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  2. On the Edge of a Plain - Wikipedia

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    "On The Edge of the Plain" has been cited as the "perfect" example of an effective sketch story. [1] Critic John Barnes believes that the story was ahead of its time, writing that "to a modern reader of Chekhov, the art of this little story is quickly recognised, but the originality of what Lawson was doing on his own went unremarked when While the Billy Boils was published in 1896."

  3. Sketch story - Wikipedia

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    A sketch story, literary sketch or simply sketch, is a piece of writing that is generally shorter than a short story, and contains very little, if any, plot.The genre was invented after the 16th century in England, as a result of increasing public interest in realistic depictions of "exotic" locales. [1]

  4. Congo (chimpanzee) - Wikipedia

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    [2] Morris soon observed that the chimpanzee would draw circles, and had a basic sense of composition in his drawings. [2] He also showed the ability of symmetrical consistency between two sides of a sketch; when Morris drew a shape at one side of a piece of paper, Congo would balance the structure by making marks on the other half of the paper ...

  5. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - Wikipedia

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    The story has also been published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (its original title) and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from a bartender, Simon Wheeler, at the Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, about the gambler Jim Smiley. The narrator describes him: "If he even seen ...

  6. The Lion and the Mouse - Wikipedia

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    The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) twice adapted the story. As The Bear and the Mouse it was issued as a short feature film in 1966 using real animals with voice-over. [27] 10 years later the animated short The Lion and the Mouse appeared, directed by Evelyn Lambart and with an original score by Maurice Blackburn. [28]

  7. Pinglak - Wikipedia

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    When all the animals in the jungle felt insecure due to this, then the jackals again managed to create differences between Pinglak and Sanjeewak. And finally, in a fight between the lion and the bull, the bull gets killed. These characters are in story of * Mitra-bheda: The Separation of Friends (The Lion and the Bull) is one of the five books.

  8. Rip Van Winkle - Wikipedia

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    Multiple sources have identified the story of Epimenides as the earliest known variant of the "Rip Van Winkle" fairy tale. [17] [18] [20] [12] [21] The story of "Rip Van Winkle" itself is widely thought to have been based on Johann Karl Christoph Nachtigal's German folktale "Peter Klaus", [5] [12] which is a shorter story set in a German ...

  9. Maruyama Ōkyo - Wikipedia

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    Ōkyo's intricately detailed plant and animal sketches show a great influence from European nature drawings. An album of leaves in the Nishimura Collection in Kyoto (now in handscroll form) depicts several animals and plants, each labeled as if in European guidebook. [14] Still, Ōkyo's works remain Japanese.