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Have I made it clear how much I indulge my husband? Seven years of love had been simply one long series of concessions, joyfully made in a whirl of happiness. I adjusted to everything, all the…
Contributor:
Sarah Lévy
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Paris, France
Date:
1930
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One day Bereh turned up in the yard. An unseasonably warm glow coated the world, glazing the storm windows with an unexpected spring sheen. He walked slowly down the…
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Moyshe Kulbak
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Minsk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1931
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The summer I was fifteen years old—just before my senior year in high school, for I had skipped grades—a new thing under the sun appeared in Brooklyn. Contact lenses. My parents made inquiries…
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Lynne Sharon Schwartz
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1989
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“As you see me, I’m on my way to Corfu . . . for the present. The season begins before times become intolerable for me at the Ehrenberg house.”
“No one is demanding,” replied Frau Ehrenberg gently,…
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Arthur Schnitzler
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1908
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As Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into some kind of monstrous vermin. He lay on his hard, armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little, he could…
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Franz Kafka
Places:
Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1915