The Lottery is one of the most well known short stories of all time for good reason. It’s got an eeriness that creeps up on you, but isn’t clear entirely why until the very last paragraph. It received a ton of responses after its initial publication inThe New Yorker, but Jackson dec...
THE 50 BEST SHORT STORIES OF ALL TIME The short story is sometimes an under-appreciated art form. Within the space of a few pages, an author must weave a story that’s compelling, create characters readers care about and drive the story to its ultimate conclusion — a feat that can be ...
kick (someone or something) to the curb:抛弃(某人或某物)The Free Dictionary英语释义:To discard, abandon, or dismiss someone or something that has become redundant, obsolete, useless, or unwanted.例句:I can't believe that after 20 years of hard work the company would just kick me to the ...
For your convenience, we've divided this post into two parts: 1. the ten best free short stories to readright now, and 2. best short story collections. Feel free to jump to the section that you prefer! If you're feeling overwhelmed by the number of great short stories out there, you...
Now, on to the rest of the big list of free teaching resources! Annenberg Learner Check out this site for both multimedia K-12 classroom resources and teacher professional development podcasts and learning activities. Sample lessons:Art Through Time: A Global View,Amusement Park Physics Interactive...
How to Write a Short Story That Gets Published (free course)— Laura Mae Isaacman, a full-time editor who runs a book editing company in Brooklyn, teaches this comprehensive 10-day course that’s all about short stories. She’ll cover the entire process, from writing the story to actually...
Actually, one-third of all listed books are a free download, either from Amazon, or Project Gutenberg, or The Internet Archive. At the end of the post you’ll findBest short stories for kids infographic. Are there any short stories for children that you’d like to add to the list? Ple...
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His stories of well-respected men questioning their sanity portrayed PTSD before the term existed. Serling’s self-contained sagas – some of them adapted from short stories by literary giants – were not just excellent episodes of television but also clear-eyed lessons about how essential unity ...
Too often it’s assumed that there’s an arthouse cabal in British cinema obsessed solely with telling stories of the working classes from a distant perspective and with a drab realism – or, to borrow the moaners’ own word, ‘miserabilism’. Certainly, there are guilty culprits, but if...