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    7 best short stories: Morality Tales

    By Stephen Leacock, Leo Tolstoi, Mark Twain and

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    One of the functions of literature is to share experiences and reflections, thus improving the community as a whole. It is in this spirit that the authors compiled here wrote stories full of important lessons. Critic August Nemo selected seven short stories with timeless messages:
     The Aged Mother by Matsuo Basho

    - The Five Boons of Life by Mark Twain
    - The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones by Stephen Leacock
    - Work, Death and Sickness by Leo Tolstoy
    - The Father by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
    - Emancipation. A Life Fable by Kate Chopin
    - An Uncomfortable Bed by Guy de Maupassant For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
     
     
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTacet Books
    Release dateJun 5, 2019
    ISBN9788577772490
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