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Showing posts with label disappointment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disappointment. Show all posts

The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry

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Film (minute 1:28:43)   SUMMARY This is a very romantic story. It’s, of course, a love story, but also a story of self-sacrifice. A marr...

The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson, by O. Henry

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  Audiobook SUMMARY Dry Valley Johnson was a shepherd and had lived in the country all his life. Then, when he was 35 (or 38), he decided ...

Brickdust Row, by O. Henry

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Audiobook Script for a movie (a very free adaptation) SUMMARY Alexander Blinker, our hero, was a very rich man. His fortune came from “lan...

The Thing's the Play, by O. Henry

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Audiobook SUMMARY The story starts with a conversation between a journalist and the narrator. They are in a theatre watching a show. On th...

An Unfinished Story, by O. Henry

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Review Summary and analysis Audiobook SUMMARY Our narrator is having a dream. In his dream, a group of very prosperous looking spirits (or s...

Fear and Trembling, by Amélie Nothomb

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BIOGRAPHY This is a slightly different biography, mixing Wikipedia and other sources with my personal opinion of her. Amélie Nothomb is a ...

Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen

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Jane Austen (1775-1817) There’s no much information about Austen life, mostly because her sister Cassandra burnt or destroyed all her letter...

Something Childish but very Natural, by Katherine Mansfield

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SUMMARY This is a love story between Henry (17) and Edna (16). They are very young, so we have to suppose very inexperienced about love, b...