Books tagged with Literature[101 found]
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The Party and Other Stories
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A collection of finely crafted tales capturing the nuances of human behavior, social life, and personal longing. Through subtle observation and empathy, each story reveals the humor, tragedy, and complexity of everyday existence.
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The Bishop and Other Stories
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Categories: Fiction » Literature
On the eve of Easter, a fading churchman confronts illness, memory, and the thin line between reverence and regret. Around him unfold spare, luminous portraits—clerks trapped by routine, lovers at crossroads, peasants wrestling with duty—each story turning on a small, piercing moment when life tilts and truth slips through: quiet, humane, and unforgettable.
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The Duel and Other Stories
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Categories: Fiction » Literature
Rivals in a sun-blasted Caucasus outpost trade insults until honor demands a pistol dawn, while elsewhere clerks, doctors, and dreamers stumble through love, cowardice, and small salvations. These sharply observed tales probe conscience and self-deception with quiet humor and sudden cruelty, revealing how ordinary lives tilt toward ruin—or mercy—on a single choice.
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The Bet and other stories
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A continuation of vivid tales celebrating rural life, friendship, and the natural world. Through sensitive observation and warm storytelling, each story explores human relationships, compassion, and the enduring charm of everyday experiences.
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The Darling and Other Stories
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Categories: Fiction » Literature
Olenka, nicknamed “the Darling,” lives by echoing the men she loves—actor, manager, vet—taking their opinions as her own until loss leaves her startlingly voiceless. Around this piercing portrait gather brief tales of clerks, peasants, and doctors where humor flickers through fatigue, pride meets kindness, and ordinary lives reveal the fragile bargains we make to be loved.
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The Witch and Other Stories
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A coachman’s wife accused of sorcery, jealous husbands, weary priests, petty officials and ruined dreamers move through bleak fields and snowbound villages. In brief, piercing tales of temptation, spite, tenderness and regret, ordinary people stumble into moments of revelation that wound—and sometimes awaken—their souls beneath an indifferent winter sky.
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The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Categories: Fiction » Literature
Across provincial Russia, petty thieves, timid clerks, and weary doctors collide in moments where character is tested: a horse stolen at dawn, a shabby wedding gone wrong, charity that humiliates, love misread, pride exposed. With quiet humor and sudden cruelty, these brief tales reveal how ordinary lives veer toward folly, kindness, or regret on a single careless choice.
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The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Categories: Fiction » Literature
From kitchens and courtyards to hospitals and backwater stations, these brief tales catch ordinary Russians at their most comic, stubborn, and achingly human. A bullied cook faces marriage, petty clerks dream too loudly, doctors misread hearts. With swift, surgical turns, cruelty and kindness trade places, and quiet moments flare into truths you feel long after the last page.
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The Wife and Other Stories
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Categories: Fiction » Literature
An uneasy husband, trapped in a stale marriage and sudden crisis, must decide whether to cling to comfort or answer a moral call beyond his home. Around him unfold other quiet dramas of doctors, dreamers and widows, where small choices, missed words and fleeting mercies reshape ordinary Russian lives, asking whether tenderness can survive pride, fatigue and time.
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The Schoolmistress and Other Stories
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Categories: Fiction » Literature
An overworked village teacher endures a bitter journey that exposes bureaucratic cruelty, petty gossip, and the ache of dignity. Around her, clerks, doctors, peasants, and dreamers stumble through love affairs, illnesses, and small temptations. With quiet humor and sudden pity, these stories reveal how ordinary lives tilt toward shame, mercy, or resignation on a single day.
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Daisy Miller: A Study
by Henry James
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A free-spirited American girl captivates European high society with her bold charm, defying rigid conventions. Her flirtations with a dashing Italian spark scandal and intrigue, testing the bounds of propriety. Set in picturesque Rome and Switzerland, this sharp tale probes cultural clashes, innocence, and the price of nonconformity in a world bound by judgment.
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Little Mexican And Other Stories
by Aldous Huxley
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A compelling collection of stories exploring human nature, society, and moral dilemmas. Through vivid characters and thought-provoking scenarios, it examines courage, desire, and the complexities of life with insight, wit, and subtle social commentary.
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All Roads Lead to Calvary
by Jerome K. Jerome
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A spirited young woman in pre-war England defies convention, diving into journalism and the gritty pulse of London’s social reform. As she navigates love, faith, and the scars of war, her quest for meaning clashes with society’s rigid expectations. A poignant journey of self-discovery, sacrifice, and the search for truth in a world on the brink of change
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Limbo
by Aldous Huxley
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A darkly satirical exploration of human nature, desire, and society, it follows characters confronting moral ambiguity and existential challenges. Through wit, insight, and sharp observation, the story examines the tensions between instinct, intellect, and the search for meaning.
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Mortal Coils
by Aldous Huxley
Categories: Fiction » Literature
Discover five witty tales probing human quirks. A seducer's affair leads to murder, his Gioconda smile hiding secrets. Lovers tangle comically in a hotel play. A lost artist gets ironic tribute, underwater loves emerge in reverie, a nun's shocking story unfolds at lunch. Satirizing love, art, faith, and mortality, this anthology captivates, inviting reflection on life's fragile threads.
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by George Eliot
Categories: Fiction » Literature
In a small English town, three intertwined tales follow country clergy facing trials of poverty, pride, love, and conscience. A blundering pastor learns humility, a gentle curate is shadowed by a lost romance, and a stern reformer meets a woman fighting addiction. Parish gossip, quiet heroism, and hard-won grace reveal how ordinary souls are remade by compassion.
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The Golden Bowl
by Henry James
Categories: Fiction » Literature
An American heiress marries a charming, cash-poor prince, never guessing he once loved her friend. A gift—a golden bowl with a fatal crack—mirrors the secret that fractures two marriages. In drawing rooms and whispered rides through London, delicate politeness hardens into strategy as loyalties shift, passion curdles to guilt, and a young wife learns how power can wear the mask of grace.
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The Portrait of a Lady— Volume 2
by Henry James
Categories: Fiction » Literature
Married to a charming tyrant in Rome, a once-daring heiress awakens to the cold design that trapped her. Between a pliant stepdaughter’s fate, a friend’s quiet loyalty, and suitors who offer rescue or ruin, she weighs duty against self-respect. In dim palazzi and bright salons, secrets surface, alliances shift, and a final midnight choice tests the cost of freedom.
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Daniel Deronda
by George Eliot
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A young Englishman of uncertain origins navigates high society, torn between love and duty. His chance encounter with a Jewish singer unveils a hidden heritage, drawing him into a world of cultural awakening and moral dilemmas. Set in Victorian England, this rich tale weaves romance, identity, and social critique, exploring the search for purpose in a divided world.
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Dubliners
by James Joyce
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A vivid tapestry of stories captures the heartbeat of early 20th-century Dublin, where ordinary lives pulse with quiet dreams and stifled desires. From a boy’s first crush to a woman’s fleeting chance at escape, each tale unveils the city’s soul—its pubs, churches, and gritty streets. This poignant collection probes love, loss, and the weight of tradition, revealing the universal in the everyday.
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