One of the functions of literature is to share experiences and reflections, thus improving the community as a whole. It is in this spirit that the authors compiled here wrote stories full of important lessons. Critic August Nemo selected seven short stories with timeless messages:
The Aged Mother by Matsuo Basho
- The Five Boons of Life by Mark Twain
- The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones by Stephen Leacock
- Work, Death and Sickness by Leo Tolstoy
- The Father by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
- Emancipation. A Life Fable by Kate Chopin
- An Uncomfortable Bed by Guy de MaupassantFor more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
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One of the functions of literature is to share experiences and reflections, thus improving the community as a whole. It is in this spirit that the authors compiled here wrote stories full of important lessons. Critic August Nemo selected seven short stories with timeless messages:
The Aged Mother by Matsuo Basho
- The Five Boons of Life by Mark Twain
- The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones by Stephen Leacock
- Work, Death and Sickness by Leo Tolstoy
- The Father by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
- Emancipation. A Life Fable by Kate Chopin
- An Uncomfortable Bed by Guy de MaupassantFor more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
Mark Twain is de schrijversnaam van Samuel Clemens (1835–1910). Hij werkte als schrijver, humorist, ondernemer en uitgever. Hij wordt wel de 'vader van de Amerikaanse literatuur' genoemd. Bekend romans van zijn hand zijn De avonturen van Tom Sawyer en De avonturen van Huckleberry Finn.
