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"MS. Found in a Bottle" is an 1833 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The plot follows an unnamed narrator at sea who finds himself in a series of harrowing circumstances. The plot follows an unnamed narrator at sea who finds himself in a series of harrowing circumstances.
A painting of Jonathan Swift. Swift's essay is widely held to be one of the greatest examples of sustained irony in the history of English literature.Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars in Ireland, so that the reader is unprepared for the surprise of Swift's solution when he states: "A young healthy child ...
The story has also inspired other adaptations, including an audiobook version narrated by Matt Montanez in 2024, [4] a dramatic reading available on multiple platforms, and a graphic novel adaptation by Jim Tierney published in 2012. [5] Additionally, the story has been performed as a stage adaptation by the Portland Stage Company in 2011. [6]
"The Nose" (Russian: Нос, romanized: Nos) is a satirical short story by Nikolai Gogol written during his time living in St. Petersburg. During this time, Gogol's works were primarily focused on the grotesque and absurd, with a romantic [clarification needed] twist. [1]
"Advice to Youth" is a satirical essay written by Mark Twain in 1882. Twain was asked by persons unspecified to write something "to [the] youth." [1] While the exact audience of his speech is uncertain, it is most probably American; in his posthumous collected works, editor's notes have conjecturally assigned the address to the Boston Saturday Morning Club. [2]
The Darling" (Russian: Душечка, romanized: Dushechka) is a short story by Russian author Anton Chekhov, first published in the No.1, 1899, issue of Semya (Family) magazine, on January 3, in Moscow. [1] Later, Chekhov included it into Volume 9 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks.
School committees say the book is satirical. The mom says the book shows disrespect to authority, school violence and worship of the demonic. School committees say the book is satirical.
The Great Automatic Grammatizator (published in the U.S. as The Umbrella Man and Other Stories) [1] [2] is a collection of thirteen short stories written by British author Roald Dahl. The stories were selected for teenagers from Dahl's adult works. All the stories included were published elsewhere originally; their sources are noted below.