Short stories

Short stories

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Short stories

The Clerk’s Tale is the ninth tale in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. In the story a pauper marries an aristocrat. In order to test his wife’s strength of character, he pretends to kill her children ...

The Summoner’s Tale

Literature; Short stories

The Summoner’s Tale is the eighth tale in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. In the tale a friar begs money from a dying man and his wife. He shamelessly exploits their misfortunes and the an tells the ...

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Literature; Short stories

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of children’s stories written by Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling. The book ties in with a storybook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the ...

The Friar’s Tale

Literature; Short stories

The Friar’s Tales is the seventh tale from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. The tale is about an archdeacon who charges money from those he’s sent to summon. He tries to summon a yeoman who is ...

The Wife of Bath’s Tale

Literature; Short stories

The Wife of Bath’s Tale is the sixth tale from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. She first talks about her opinions on marriage, how she has been married five times, and says that the last time was for ...

Like the Flowing River

Literature; Short stories

Like the Flowing River: Stories, 1998-2005 (Portuguese: Ser como o rio que flui. Relatos (1998-2005)) is a 2006 story collection of Paulo Coelho.This is a collection of reflections from Paulo Coelho. ...

Man from the South

Literature; Short stories

“Man from the South” is one of the short stories of the British author Roald Dahl. His short stories are known for their unexpected endings, for their unsentimental, often very dark humour. This ...