Short Stories
Discover the art of storytelling through timeless short stories in Perrine's Story and Structure, revealing the secrets of plot, character, and human depth.
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Discover the art of storytelling through timeless short stories in Perrine's Story and Structure, revealing the secrets of plot, character, and human depth.
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Richard Connell, Most Dangerous Game
Tobias Wolff, Hunters in the Snow
Understanding and Evaluating Fiction
Graham Greene, The Destructors
Alice Munro, How I Met My Husband
Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
Alice Walker, Everyday Use
Katherine Mansfield, Miss Brill
Richard Wright, The Man Who Was Almost a Man
Tim Gautreaux, Welding with Children
Anton Chekhov, The Darling Translated by Constance Garnett
Eudora Welty, A Worn Path
Nadine...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Implied sexual situations and relationship tensions in stories like Hills Like White Elephants and Rape Fantasies
Violence & gore
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Murder, stoning, and entombment depicted in The Lottery, A Rose for Emily, and The Cask of Amontillado
Profanity
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Occasional mild language in select modern stories
Substance use
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Brief alcohol references in a few stories including The Drunkard
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation present
Religious content
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Religious doubt and rituals explored in Young Goodman Brown and The Guest
Magic & witchcraft
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Witchcraft elements appear in Young Goodman Brown
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult content present
Political content
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Social commentary on war, class, and morality in Civil Peace and The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Self-harm / suicide
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Themes of despair in isolated stories
Abuse & suffering
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Systemic suffering, murder aftermath, and coercion across multiple stories including The Lottery and A Rose for Emily
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