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Themes. According to Nidhi Malik, The Woman on Platform 8 is a representation of Ruskin Bond's own unfulfilled childhood, following a recurring theme of Bond's children's stories where young boys often play the lead role. In the story, Arun travels alone because his parents cannot spare the time to be with him.
Anton Chekhov bibliography. Portrait of Chekhov by Isaak Levitan, 1886. Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. He wrote hundreds of short stories, one novel, and seven full-length plays.
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald is a compilation of 43 short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli and published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1989. It begins with a foreword by Charles Scribner II and a preface written by Bruccoli, after which the stories follow in chronological order of publication.
Plot. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in a university town when a tutor and lecturer of St Luke's College, Mr. Hilton Soames, brings him an interesting problem. Soames had been reviewing the galley proofs of an exam he was going to give when he left his office for an hour. When he returned, he found that his servant, Bannister ...
This is a list of short stories written by Alice Munro. It includes stories that were published in single-author collections (books), the first story ever published, "The Dimensions of a Shadow" (1950), and other stories having appeared elsewhere.
The story was so popular, that it spawned a sequel, a spin-off series, and a Campfire Stories companion. In 1983, Nancy Drew Ghost Stories was published, also containing seven short stories. It, too, spawned a sequel in 1985. Unlike other specials, though, the first volume was reprinted by the later Minstrel and Aladdin imprints.
The Temple (Lovecraft short story) The Terrible Old Man. The Thing on the Doorstep. Through the Gates of the Silver Key. Till A' the Seas. The Tomb (short story) The Transition of Juan Romero. The Tree on the Hill. The Tree (short story)
Gay literature. Oscar Wilde, a gay writer of the 19th century who included allusions to homosexuality in works such as The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde was jailed for homosexual relations in 1895. Gay literature is a collective term for literature produced by or for the gay community which involves characters, plot lines, and/or themes ...