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"If You Liked School You'll Love Work..."—Expatriate English publican juggles business, family and women, on the Canary Islands. "The DOGS of Lincoln Park"—American yuppies and a Korean chef collide. "Miss Arizona"—Struggling independent filmmaker follows in the footsteps of his hero, only to find himself much closer than he imagined.
The full text of A School Story at Wikisource; An omnibus collection of James's short fiction at Standard Ebooks; A School Story public domain audiobook at LibriVox; Full text of "A School Story" A Podcast to the Curious: Episode 9 - A School Story; Cast of Wonders: Episode 172 - A School Story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction.It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood.
The Lesson” is a first-person narrative told by a young, black girl named Sylvia who is growing up in Brooklyn. The story is about a trip initiated by a well-educated woman named Miss Moore who has taken it upon herself to expose the unappreciative children of the neighborhood to the world outside of their oppressed community.
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"The Children's Story" is a 4,300-word dystopian fiction novelette by James Clavell. It first appeared in Ladies' Home Journal (October 1963 issue) and was printed in book form in 1981. It was adapted by Clavell himself into a thirty-minute short film for television which aired on Mobil Showcase .
Literary critic Greg Johnson describes the story as a “symbolic dream-narrative” in which Oates enlists Christian allegories to dramatize the degradation of a teenage American girl by “a demonic male figure who represents the death of her spirit.” [17] Oates also draws upon 19th century American romantic writers whose work was informed ...
Many of the 17 short stories included interweave in their respective narratives. The story is set in a small Western Australian town and is about all different kinds of "turnings", be they in people, situations, surprises, accidents, relationships, and even the turning of time. [1] These turnings come at crucial times in the characters' lives.