Story - The Glove by R.U. Joyce

The Glove:

    James Dunne hung by his fingertips from the window-sill and after a moment dropped noiselessly to the ground. He looked about him hurriedly. The house was on the outskirts of the town, well back from the road from which the grounds were separated by a high stone wall. It was almost two o'clock and the night was dark. There was little likelihood of his meeting anybody at that time. On the whole he was perfectly secure. As he ran silently across the lawn he could not help marvelling at his own nerve. He had committed burglaries in those far-off days before he had blossomed forth as a respectable jeweller in the little town of Brampton, but those days were far distant. Behind him lay ten years of law-abiding respectability.

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Story - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy

How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy:

I: An elder sister came to visit her younger sister in the country. The elder was married to a tradesman in town, the younger to a peasant in the village. As the sisters sat over their tea talking, the elder began to boast of the advantages of town life: saying how comfortably they lived there, how well they dressed, what fine clothes her children wore, what good things they ate and drank, and how she went to the theatre, promenades, and entertainments.

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Analysis of The Wall by Jean Paul Sartre

Analysis of The Wall by Jean Paul Sartre:

The Wall by Jean-Paul Sartre is a short story that takes place during the Spanish Civil War and is written in the first person, stream-of-consciousness point of view.  The events of this story center on the narrator and two companions who are being held as prisoners.  They are being moved, and after questioning, they are put in a cell which is an old hospital being used to hold prisoners.  Later that evening, the three prisoners are told they have been sentenced to death and will be executed by morning.

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Story - The Wall by Jean Paul Sartre

The Wall:

They pushed us into a big white room and I began to blink because the light hurt my eyes. Then I saw a table and four men behind the table, civilians, looking over the papers. They had bunched another group of prisoners in the back and we had to cross the whole room to join them. There were several I knew and some others who must have been foreigners. The two in front of me were blond with round skulls: they looked alike. I supposed they were French. The smaller one kept hitching up his pants: nerves.

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Story - Female Seeks Male

Female Seeks Mature Male:

Julia was 12 years old. Her best friend Betsy was 13. Summer was almost over. School was about to start. Julia and Betsy were having lunch at BurgerBoy. Betsy had decided that Julia needed a boyfriend.

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Story - The Way to a Man's Heart

The Way to a Man's Heart:

Lina often asked Luke to dinner. Lina loved Luke, but Luke loved Lina's cooking, not Lina herself. Lina accepted that for the time being. But she felt that, with enough meals and enough time, she would get her man.

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Story - How to Get out of Jury Duty

How to Get out of Jury Duty:

The mailman delivers good news and bad news. Topping the "bad news" list for many people who live in Los Angeles is a jury summons. This document tells you that you must respond by mail or phone for possible service on a jury. Many people feel that jury duty is a boring chore and would prefer not doing it.

In fact, court clerks say that the most common question they hear is: Why do I have to serve? The official response is: Jury duty is a responsibility that all qualified citizens must share.

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Story - The Man Who Loved Women

The Man Who Loved Women:

Grady was rich, but he was 78 and on his deathbed. No amount of money—or love—could save him now.

In his youth, Grady had been a major skirt-chaser. No woman was safe from his charm. He used to juggle three or four girlfriends at a time.

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Story - A Drunk Man at the Bar

A Drunk Man at the Bar:

A man had been drinking at the bar for hours when he mentioned something about his girlfriend being out in the car. The bartender, concerned because it was so cold, went to check on her. When he looked inside the car, he saw the man's friend, Dave, and his girlfriend kissing one another. The bartender shook his head and walked back inside.
He told the drunk that he thought it might be a good idea to check on his girlfriend. The fellow staggered outside to the car, saw his buddy and his girlfriend kissing, then walked back into the bar laughing.
"What's so funny? " the bartender asked.
"That stupid Dave! " the fellow chortled, "He's so drunk, he thinks he's me! "

Story - Fascinate

Fascinate:

A teacher asked her students to use the word "fascinate " in a sentence. Mary said, "My family went to the New York City Zoo, and we saw all the animals. It was fascinating. " The teacher said, "That was good, but I wanted the word "'fascinate.'" Sally raised her hand. She said, "My family went to the Philadelphia Zoo and saw the animals. I was fascinated. " The teacher said, "Good, but I wanted the word 'fascinate.'" Little Billy raised his hand. The teacher hesitated because Billy was noted for is bad language. She finally decided there was no way he could damage the word "fascinate " so she called on him. Billy said, "My sister has a sweater with 10 buttons, but her boobs are so big she can only fasten 8. "

Story - Honk if You're in a Hurry

Honk if You're in a Hurry:

Mark was cursing the driver in front of him because she was creeping along. He was running late for a golf game with his friend Barney. He was on a two-lane road that led to the golf course. The road was straight uphill. It went for six blocks through a busy residential neighborhood. There was a four-way stop sign at the end of each block.

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Story - Eat Your Vegetables

Eat Your Vegetables:

The federal government, displaying even less sense than usual, has yielded to the French fry industry. Frozen French fries—sliced, fried in oil, and then packaged—are now approved as “fresh vegetables” by the US Department of Agriculture.

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Story - Victory Dance Leads to Death

Victory Dance Leads to Death:

A basketball game ended abruptly Saturday afternoon when 18-year-old Damon Miller was fatally shot at a recreation center. The gunman, who called himself Ace, ran south on Oak Street after the shooting and remains at large. Miller was pronounced dead at the scene by the paramedics. He died from two gunshot wounds to his chest. The paramedics did not arrive immediately because they were tied up at a four-car crash a mile away. This was the second such shooting during a basketball game, apparently by the same gunman.

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Story - Woman Lies About Winning Lottery

Woman Lies About Winning Lottery:

A 39-year-old woman admitted that she had lied. She claimed that she bought the latest winning lottery ticket in Massachusetts, but then lost it. The ticket was worth $18 million after all deductions. Jean Fenn was charged with grand larceny. A conviction could put her in prison for up to seven years.

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Story - The Mysterious Carport Stain

The Mysterious Carport Stain:

Oh, no! Denzel thought. Where’d THAT come from? He was looking at a big red dry stain that was on the carport where he always parked his car.

There was only one thing to do: check his power steering fluid and his transmission fluid, both of which were red. The power steering fluid was at the proper level, so that left the transmission fluid. A small leak could result in a damaged transmission, which could cost $1,000 to $2,000 to repair or replace. Denzel did not have $1,000 or $2,000.

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Story - Fishing Boat Sinks, Everyone Saved

Fishing Boat Sinks, Everyone Saved:

A 70-foot fishing boat, the SharkCatcher, sank 5 miles from shore today in the Pacific at about 4:30 p.m. The boat was returning from a successful one-day trip. There were 17 anglers aboard and 4 crew members. There were also about 100 freshly caught tuna, salmon, and mackerel aboard. Some of them may have also survived the sinking.

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Story - Love is a Fallacy by Max Shulman

Love is a Fallacy:

Cool was I and logical. Keen, calculating, perspicacious, acute and astute—I was all of these. My brain was as powerful as a dynamo, precise as a chemist’s scales, as penetrating as a scalpel. And—think of it!—I only eighteen.

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Story - A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings: A Tale For Children By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings:

On the third day of rain they had killed so many crabs inside the house that Pelayo had to cross his drenched courtyard and throw them into the sea, because the newborn child had a temperature all night and they thought it was due to the stench. The world had been sad since Tuesday. Sea and sky were a single ash-gray thing and the sands of the beach, which on March nights glimmered like powdered light, had become a stew of mud and rotten shellfish. The light was so weak at noon that when Pelayo was coming back to the house after throwing away the crabs, it was hard for him to see what it was that was moving and groaning in the rear of the courtyard. He had to go very close to see that it was an old man, a very old man, lying face down in the mud, who, in spite of his tremendous efforts, couldn't get up, impeded by his enormous wings.

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Story - Man Fatally Stabbed Outside Nightclub

Man Fatally Stabbed Outside Nightclub:

A middle-aged man was fatally stabbed outside a nightclub late Saturday night. Bob Evans died about 1:30 a.m. after a woman stabbed him in the back outside Lovers Lounge. Police who arrived at the club found Evans lying in the parking lot with a bloody ice pick on the pavement next to him. A sobbing woman was cradling the victim’s head in her lap and stroking his hair.

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Story - New to America

New to America:

Nancy was new to America. She came to America speaking only her native language. She brought her 8-year-old son with her. He was all she had in the world.

They found an apartment in Arcadia. They were there for only two months when a neighbor's dog jumped over the fence. The dog ran toward Nancy's son. Nancy put her body in between the dog and her son. The dog stopped when it saw Nancy screaming at it. She was going to punch it in the nose. The dog turned around.

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ترجمه داستان The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

ترجمه داستان The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Persian Translation of The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell  

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Story - Woman Shot Next to Her Christmas Tree

Woman Shot Next to Her Christmas Tree:

A woman decorating her Christmas tree Monday was shot in her left arm when a bullet went through her living room window. Police said the incident occurred about 5:00 p.m. A .22 caliber shell casing was found across the street from the victim's home. Police did not find a weapon in the vicinity.

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Story - The Story of an Hour By Kate Chopin

The Story of an Hour:

Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death. It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.

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ترجمه داستان After Twenty Years By O. Henry

ترجمه داستان After Twenty Years By O. Henry

Persian Translation of After Twenty Years

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ترجمه داستان The Sniper By Liam O'Flaherty

ترجمه داستان The Sniper By Liam O'Flaherty

Persian Translation of The Sniper By Liam O'Flaherty 

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Story - Fishing for Girls

Fishing for Girls:

Wednesday night, Howard asked Glenn if he wanted to go fishing and girl-watching that weekend at Santa Fe Lake. “We’ll leave Friday morning and return late Sunday night,” he said. Glenn said he had to clean out his garage, so Howard went by himself.

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ترجمه داستان Misery by Anton Chekhov

ترجمه داستان Misery by Anton Chekhov

Persian Translation of Misery by Anton Chekhov

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ترجمه داستان The Necklace By Guy de Maupassant

ترجمه داستان The Necklace By Guy de Maupassant

Persian translation of The Necklace

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Story - Pilot Killed as Plane Crashes into House

Pilot Killed as Plane Crashes into House:

A small plane crashed into a house Sunday afternoon, killing the pilot and destroying half of the home. The family inside the house escaped without injury. The single-engine airplane crashed about 5:30 p.m. The pilot, the only one in the plane, was trying to make an emergency landing at the airport.

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Story - Woman Dies in House Fire

Woman Dies in House Fire:

An 80-year-old woman died Tuesday afternoon in a fire. The blaze was reported about 2:30 p.m. at a home on Sunnyside Avenue. The victim was identified as Mary Cass. Her husband, Roy Cass, 80, was not at home at the time of the fire. Investigators from the local fire department were trying to determine the exact cause of the fire. They said it looked like the woman had fallen asleep on the sofa with a cigarette in her hand.

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