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"About Love" (Russian: О любви, romanized: O lyubvi) is an 1898 short story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. The third and final part of the Little Trilogy, started by " The Man in the Case " and continued by " Gooseberries ".
A Tale of Love and Darkness (Hebrew: סיפור על אהבה וחושך Sipur al ahava ve choshech) is a memoir by the Israeli author Amos Oz, first published in Hebrew in 2002. The book has been translated into 28 languages and over a million copies have been sold worldwide.
A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual. Some tall tales are exaggerations of actual events, for example fish stories ("the fish that got away") such as, "That fish was so big, why I tell ya', it nearly sank the boat when I pulled it in!"
All About Love: New Visions is a book by bell hooks published on December 22, 1999 that discusses aspects of romantic love in modern society. The book is organized into thirteen chapters, in which each chapter discusses an aspect of love. Within these chapters, hooks also provides the reader with reflections on her own journey of love, as well ...
Love Story became the top-selling work of fiction for the duration of 1970 in the United States and was translated into more than 33 languages. [3] The novel stayed on The New York Times Best Seller list for 41 weeks, and peaked at number one. The film was released on December 16, 1970. [4]
My Lady Love, My Dove" is a short story by British writer Roald Dahl, originally published in The New Yorker in April 1952. [1] It later appeared in the collection Someone Like You (1953). [ 2 ] The story concerns a wealthy middle-aged couple who entertain a younger couple for dinner and games of Bridge , which they all play at a high level.
Each story has its feet firmly planted in the real world, but serves as an epicenter for swirling fantasies. In one story, "The Lizzie Borden Jazz Babies," Sparks makes use of a tragic plot point that sets off many classic fairy tales – the untimely death of a protagonist's parent – and applies it to the father instead of the mother.
"The Finnegan", a tall tale in a Victorian mood. "That Woman on the Lawn, a tangential episode in the same "universe" as Something Wicked This Way Comes "The Very Gentle Murders", a fantasy of marital strife