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Analyze short fiction elements evidenced in “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Necklace,” and “The Magic Shop”
Learn about Ernest Hemingway's short story “My Old Man” and his time as an expatriate in Paris
The Panchatantra
Follow a dramatization of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic American short story “Dr. Heidegger's Experiment”
Learn why Herman Melville's enigmatic hero in the short story “Bartleby the Scrivener” prefers not
Explore Herman Melville's classic American short story “Bartleby the Scrivener” with Charles Van Doren
See Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's short story “The Crocodile” brought to life
Examine how to direct a film adaption of Walter van Tilburg Clark's short story “The Portable Phonograph”
Know about Katherine Mansfield, her writing technique, influences, and contribution to literary modernism
“The Pit and the Pendulum”
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“The Pit and the Pendulum”
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Nobel prize-winning American author, Pearl S. Buck, at her home, Green Hills Farm, near Perkasie, Pennsylvania, 1962. (Pearl Buck)
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Analyze short fiction elements evidenced in “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Necklace,” and “The Magic Shop”
American editor and anthologist Clifton Fadiman discusses the elements of a short...
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Learn about Ernest Hemingway's short story “My Old Man” and his time as an expatriate in Paris
Author, professor, and editor Blake Nevius examining “My Old Man,” by Ernest Hemingway,...
Video: EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica, Inc.
Follow a dramatization of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic American short story “Dr. Heidegger's Experiment”
“Dr. Heidegger's Experiment” deals with two of Hawthorne's favourite themes: the...
Video: EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica, Inc.
Learn why Herman Melville's enigmatic hero in the short story “Bartleby the Scrivener” prefers not
Bartleby, an enigmatic man who calmly refuses to carry out his duties, is introduced...
Video: EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica, Inc.
Explore Herman Melville's classic American short story “Bartleby the Scrivener” with Charles Van Doren
Learn about Herman Melville's classic short story “Bartleby the Scrivener” from writer...
Video: EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica, Inc.
See Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's short story “The Crocodile” brought to life
This dramatization of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's short story “The Crocodile” tells the...
Video: EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica, Inc.
Examine how to direct a film adaption of Walter van Tilburg Clark's short story “The Portable Phonograph”
Using the example of Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation's 1977 dramatization...
Video: EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica, Inc.
Know about Katherine Mansfield, her writing technique, influences, and contribution to literary modernism
Learn about Katherine Mansfield's writing.
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The Panchatantra
An illustration of a fable about a bird who is outwitted by a crab; from an 1888...
“The Pit and the Pendulum”
Illustration of a scene from “The Pit and the Pendulum” (1843) by Edgar Allan Poe.
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