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Trust real people, not robots, to give you book recommendations. The penguin book of italian short stories, edited by jhumpa lahiri, will be published on 7 march. The story is one of several short stories from joyces the dubliners and is available for free. With the age of the viral short story upon us, here are fifty groundbreaking pieces classic and. In heathcliff redux, national book award winner lily tuck revisits the. Great literature in small portions, from the likes of haruki murakami, zadie. Animal farm by george orwell penguin buzzfeed orwells classic allegory is as sharp and biting as when it was first. A great short story can feel like a punch in the gut or like youre levitating. The following books were chosen after much debate and several rounds. Large number online books genres short stories to the.
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