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The leader of the people / John Steinbeck
Mr. Know-all / W. Somerset Maugham
Vanka / Anton Chekhov
The happy prince / Oscar Wilde
The old demon / Pearl S. Buck
The sailor-boy's tale / Isak Dinesen
Young Archimedes / Aldous Huxley
Butch minds the baby / Damon Runyon
Suspicion / Dorothy L. Sayers
Hautot and his son / Guy de Maupassat
The open boat / Stephen Crane
My Oedipus complex / Frank O'Connor
The snows of Kilimanjaro / Ernest Hemingway
A letter to God / Gregorio López y Fuentes
The little Bouilloux girl / Colette
The ruby / Corrado Alvaro
Six feet of the country / Nadine Gordimer
[The boarding house](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15073259W/The_Boarding_House) / James Joyce
The brute / Joseph Conrad
A double game / Alberto Moravia
Maternity / Lilika Nakos
Lead her like a pigeon / Jessamyn West
God sees the truth, but waits / Leo Tolstoy
The walker-through-walls / Marcel Ayme
[The lottery](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3171085W/Lottery) / Shirley Jackson
The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm / Mark Twain
The Augsburg chalk circle / Bertolt Brecht
The overcoat / Sally Benson
Blind MacNair / Thomas H. Raddall
The procurator of Judaea / Anatole France
The open window / Saki (H.H. Munro)
María Concepción / Katherine A. Porter
My Lord, the baby / Rabindranath Tagore
The end of the party / Graham Greene
Modern children / Sholom Aleichem
Babylon revisited / F. Scott Fitzgerald
Carrion spring / Wallace Stegner
Just lather, that's all / Hernando Téllez
The secret life of Walter Mitty / James Thurber
The rocking-horse winner / D.H. Lawrence
The Sunday menace / Robert Benchley
The Mezzotint /Montague R. James
The alligators / John Updike
Pelageya / Mikhail Zoshchenko
Haircut / Ring Lardner
The burning city / Hjalmar Söderberg
Fireworks for Elspeth / Rumer Godden
The old chief Mshlanga / Doris Lessing
Who cares? / Santha Rama Rau
Over the river and though the wood / John O'Hara
Dental or mental, I say it's spinach / S.J. Perelman
The drover's wife / Henry Lawson
The huntsmen / Paul Horgan
The guest / Albert Camus
Patience / Nigel Balchin
Among the paths to Eden / Truman Capote
Admiral's night / Machado de Assis
The bet / Anton Chekhov
The man who could work miracles / H.G. Wells
A country love story / Jean Stafford
A worn path / Eudora Welty
The outstation / W. Somerset Maugham
A priest in the family / Leo Kennedy
The cop and the anthem / O. Henry
Marriage á la mode / Katherine Mansfield
The nightingale / Maxim Gorky
The launch / Max Aub
The wreath / Luigi Pirandello
The eighty-yard run / Irwin Shaw
You were perfectly fine / Dorothy Parker
Luzina takes a holiday / Gabrielle Roy
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Montreal ; Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Association
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Alternative description
The Leader of the people / John Steinbeck -- Mr. Know-All / W. Somerset Maugham -- Vanka / Anton Chekhov -- The Happy prince / Oscar Wilde -- The Old demon / Pearl S. Buck -- The Sailor-Boys's tale / Isak Dinesen -- Young Archimedes / Aldous Huxley -- Butch minds the Baby / Damon Runyon -- Suspicion / Dorothy L. Sayers -- Hautot and his son / Guy de Maupassant -- The Open boat / Stephen Crane -- My Oedipus complex / Frank O'Connor -- The Snows of Kilimanjaro / Ernest Hemingway -- A Letter to God / Gregorio Lopez y Fuentes -- The Little Bouilloux girl / Colette -- The Ruby / Corrado Alvaro -- Six feet of the country / Nadine Gordimer -- The Boarding house / James Joyce -- The Brute / Joseph Conrad -- A Double game / Alberto Moravia -- Maternity / Lilika Nakos
Lead her like a pigeon / Jessamyn West-- God sees the truth, but waits / Leo Tolstoy-- The Walker-through walls / Marcel Ayme-- The Lottery / Shirley Jackson-- The McWiliamses and the burglar alarm / Mark Twain-- The Augsburg chalk circle / Bertolt Brecht-- The Overcoat / Sally Benson-- Blind MacNair / Thomas H. Raddall-- The Procurator of Judaea / Anatole France-- The Open window / Saki (H. H. Monro)-- Maria Concepcion / Katherine Anne Porter-- My Lord, the baby / Rabindranath Tagore-- The End of the party / Graham Greene-- Modern children / Sholom Aleichem-- Babylon revisited / F. Scott Fitzgerald-- Carrion Spring / Wallace Stegner-- Just lather, that's all / Hernando Tellez-- The Secret life of Walter Mitty / James Thurber-- The Rocking-horse winner / D. H. Lawrence-- The Sunday menace / Robert Benchley-- The Mezzotint / Montgue Rhodes James-- The Alligators / John Updike-- Pelageya / Mikhail Zoshchenko-- Haircut / Ring Lardner-- The Burning city / Hjalmar Soderberg-- Fireworks for Elspeth / Rumer Godden
The Old Chief Mshlanga / Doris Lessing-- Who cares? / Santha Rama Rau-- Over the river and through the wood / John O'Hara-- Dental or mental, I say it's spinach / S. J. Perelman-- The Drover's wife / Henry Lawson-- The Huntsmen / Paul Horgan-- The Guest / Albert Camus-- Patience / Nigel Balchin-- Among the paths to Eden / Truman Capote-- Admiral's night / Machado de Assis-- The Bet / Anton Chekhov-- The Man who could work miracles / H. G. Wells-- A Country love story / Jean Stafford-- A Worn path / Eudora Welty-- The Outstation / W. Somerset Maugham-- A Prist in the family / Leo Kennedy-- The Cop and the anthem / O. Henry-- Marriage a la mode / Katherine Mansfield-- The Nightingale / Maxim Gorky-- The Launch / Max Aub-- The Wreath / Luigi Pirandello-- The Eighty-yard run / Irwin Shaw-- You were perfectly fine / Dorthy Parker-- Luzina takes a holiday / Gabrielle Roy
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