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short story
short story brief prose fiction. The term covers a wide variety of narratives—from stories in which the main focus is on the course of events to studies of character, from the "short short" story to extended and complex narratives such as Thomas Mann's Death in Venice. Most often the... Read more |
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The Story of Rimini
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Baucis
Baucis in a story told by Ovid, the wife of a good old countryman Philemon. They entertained the gods Zeus and Hermes as hospitably as their poverty allowed when the gods, who had visited the earth in disguise, were rejected by the rich. For this, the couple were saved from a flood which covered... Read more |
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Remus
Remus ♂ According to ancient Roman tradition, the name of the brother of Romulus, co-founder with him of the city of Rome. In America this rare given name is associated particularly with the ‘Uncle Remus’ stories of Joel Chandler Harris (1848–1908), Uncle Remus being... Read more |
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Joseph Story
Joseph Story 1779-1845, American jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1811-45), b. Marblehead, Mass. Admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1801, he practiced law in Salem and was several times elected to the Massachusetts legislature. He served briefly in the U.S. Congress in 1808-9.... Read more |
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Deluge
Deluge , in the Bible, the overwhelming flood that covered the earth and destroyed every living thing except the family of Noah and the creatures in his ark . Archaeology has yielded little trace of the biblical flood, but some oceanographers and geophysicists have speculated that the actual... Read more |
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Myrmidon
Myrmidon a member of a warlike Thessalian people whom, according to a Homeric story, Achilles led to the siege of Troy. In extended usage, the term is used for a hired ruffian or unscrupulous subordinate; myrmidon of the law is recorded as a derogatory term for a police officer or a minor... Read more |
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Jonah
Jonah , prophetic book of the Bible. It tells the story of a prophet called by God to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh. According to the Second Book of Kings, Jonah lived during the reign (c.786 BC-c.746 BC) of Jeroboam II. In the story, Jonah flees because he does not want Nineveh to be... Read more |
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L Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum (Lyman Frank Baum) , 1856-1919, American journalist, playwright, and author of children's stories, b. Chittenango, N.Y. He and his family moved to South Dakota in 1888, where he ran a newspaper, and to Chicago in 1891, where he worked as a journalist. His first children's book, ... Read more |
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