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A Dark-Brown Dog part 3

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The parent demanded to know what the blazes they were making the kid howl for. It was explained in many words that the infernal kid wanted to introduce a disreputable dog into the family.A...

A Dark-Brown Dog part 2

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The child beat his pursuer with a small stick he had found. The dog lay down and prayed until the child had finished, and resumed his journey. Then he scrambled erect and took up...

A Dark-Brown Dog part 1

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Stephen Crane 1871-1900Crane has only recently received due credit for his stories. True, his Red Badge of Courage made quite a stir in the nineties, but apart from that book, he was not well-known...

Sophistication part 7

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In Winesburg the crowded day had run itself out into the long night of the late fall. Farm horses jogged away along lonely country roads pulling their portion of weary people. Clerks began to...

Sophistication part 6

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Come on, he said and took hold of her hand. With hanging heaul they walked away along the street under the trees. Dry leaves rustled under foot. Now that he had found her George...

Sophistication part 5

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Ordinarily George Willard would have been intensely interested in the boasting of Moyer, the horseman. Now it made him angry. He turned and hurried away along the street. “Old wind-bag,” he spluttered. “Why does...

Sophistication part 4

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The confused boy put his hand on the girl`s arm. His voice trembled. The two started to walk back along the road toward town. In his desperation George boasted, “I`m going to be a...

Sophistication part 3

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As for Helen White, she also had come to a period of change. What George felt, she in her young woman`s way felt also. She was no longer a girl and hungered to reach...

Sophistication part 2

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There is a time in the life of every boy when he for the first time takes the backward view of life. Perhaps that is the moment when he crosses the line into manhood....

Sophistication part 1

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Sherwood Anderson (1876-1940)Sherwood Anderson was born at Clyde, Ohio, in 1876. Though he had written stories before, it was not until 1916 that he published his first book, Windy McPherson`s Son. Anderson`s short stories...

Ahuras Tale

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