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Getting Married (Swedish: Giftas) is a collection of short stories by the Swedish writer August Strindberg. [1] The first volume was first published on 27 September 1884 and contained twelve stories depicting "twenty marriages of every variety," some of which present women in an egalitarian light. [ 2 ]
William and Mary" is a short story by Roald Dahl, originally published in 1959 and included in his 1960 collection Kiss Kiss. It was later adapted into episodes of Way Out , Late Night Horror and Tales of the Unexpected , [ 1 ] as well as The Price of Fear .
The Best American Short Stories 2024 ; Editor: Lauren Groff and Heidi Pitlor: Language: English: Series: The Best American Short Stories: Published: 2024: Publisher: Mariner Books: Media type: Print (hardback & paperback) ISBN: 9780063275959 (hardback) Preceded by: The Best American Short Stories 2023 Followed by: The Best American Short ...
Games and Rituals, by Katherine Heiny All 11 of these stories are jewels of wit and insight, but if you read only one, make it “Damascus,” in which a mother confronts her son’s developing ...
"The Married Couple" (German: "Das Ehepaar") is a 1922 short story by Franz Kafka. It was published posthumously in Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer (Berlin, 1931). The first English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by Martin Secker in London in 1933. It appeared in The Great Wall of China.
"Rabbit Test" won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story of 2022, [1] the 2023 Theodore Sturgeon Award, [2] and the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. [3] [a] Locus found the story to be "worthwhile reading", but noted that "some may find it too didactic". [5] Library Journal called it "frighteningly prescient". [6]
Russell's stories have been featured in The Best American Short Stories, Conjunctions, Granta, The New Yorker, Oxford American, and Zoetrope. [3]She was named a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" young writer honoree at the November 2009 ceremony [4] for her first short story collection, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, for which Russell won the Bard Fiction Prize in 2011.
Mrs. Mooney looks forward to her confrontation, which she intends to "win" by defending her daughter's honor and convincing Mr. Doran to offer his hand in marriage. Waiting for the time to pass, Mrs. Mooney figures the odds are in her favor, considering that Mr. Doran, who has worked for a wine merchant for thirteen years and garnered much ...