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The Passing of Grandison by Charles W. Chesnutt
“The Passing of Grandison” is featured in the African American Library, a collection of literary works by African-American authors, with…
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The Sheriffs’ Children by Charles W. Chesnutt
Branson County, North Carolina, is in a sequestered district of one of the staidest and most conservative States of the…
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The Web of Circumstance by Charles W. Chesnutt
IWithin a low clapboarded hut, with an open front, a forge was glowing. In front a blacksmith was shoeing a…
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The Wife of His Youth by Charles W. Chesnutt
IMr. Ryder was going to give a ball. There were several reasons why this was an opportune time for such…
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Uncle Wellington’s Wives by Charles W. Chesnutt
IUncle Wellington Braboy was so deeply absorbed in thought as he walked slowly homeward from the weekly meeting of the…
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A Bad Business by Anton Chekhov
WHO goes there?”No answer. The watchman sees nothing, but through the roar of the wind and the trees distinctly hears…
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A Blunder by Anton Chekhov
ILYA SERGEITCH PEPLOV and his wife Kleopatra Petrovna were standing at the door, listening greedily. On the other side in…
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Aborigines by Anton Chekhov
BETWEEN nine and ten in the morning. Ivan Lyashkevsky, a lieutenant of Polish origin, who has at some time or…
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A Boring Story by Anton Chekhov
A Boring Story is also known under the title A Dreary Story. Due to its length, I considered it a…
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About Love by Anton Chekhov
About Love is the third and final short story in what is sometimes referred to as “The Little Trilogy” which…
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