Lessons from Literature - Short Stories with Suicidal Characters: Learn from the oldest form of communication and education - storytelling - Franz Kafka, O. Henry, Anton Chekhov, Willa Cather, Mary Shelley, Amy Levy, Vsevolod Garshin, Radclyffe Hall & Barry Pain

By Franz Kafka, O. Henry, Anton Chekhov, Willa Cather, Mary Shelley, Amy Levy, Vsevolod Garshin, Radclyffe Hall & Barry Pain

Release Date: 2025-06-06

Genre: Fiction

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Lessons from Literature - Short Stories Franz Kafka, O. Henry, Anton Chekhov, Willa Cather, Mary Shelley, Amy Levy, Vsevolod Garshin, Radclyffe Hall & Barry Pain
Nature’s overriding ambition for us is survival. Yet somehow human beings have a way of short-circuiting that, of seeking oblivion and self-extinction. It’s a difficult subject. In this volume our classic authors take us down the path of several such conflicted characters.
1 - Short Stories with Suicidal Characters - An Introduction

2 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka

3 - The Furnished Room by O Henry

4 - Volodya by Anton Chekhov

5 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather

6 - The Mourner by Mary Shelley

7 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy

8 - A Red Flower by Vsevolod Garshin

9 - Miss Ogilivy Finds Herself by Radclyffe Hall

10 - The End of a Show by Barry Pain

Lessons from Literature - Short Stories with Suicidal Characters: Learn from the oldest form of communication and education - storytelling - Franz Kafka, O. Henry, Anton Chekhov, Willa Cather, Mary Shelley, Amy Levy, Vsevolod Garshin, Radclyffe Hall & Barry Pain

By Franz Kafka, O. Henry, Anton Chekhov, Willa Cather, Mary Shelley, Amy Levy, Vsevolod Garshin, Radclyffe Hall & Barry Pain

Release Date: 2025-06-06

Genre: Fiction

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Nature’s overriding ambition for us is survival. Yet somehow human beings have a way of short-circuiting that, of seeking oblivion and self-extinction. It’s a difficult subject. In this volume our classic authors take us down the path of several such conflicted characters.
1 - Short Stories with Suicidal Characters - An Introduction

2 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka

3 - The Furnished Room by O Henry

4 - Volodya by Anton Chekhov

5 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather

6 - The Mourner by Mary Shelley

7 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy

8 - A Red Flower by Vsevolod Garshin

9 - Miss Ogilivy Finds Herself by Radclyffe Hall

10 - The End of a Show by Barry Pain

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